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Blish Genealogy 




THE OLD TIDE MILL AT BARNSTABLE. MASS. 
The residence ol Abraham Blish stood upon the brow of the hill to the right of the mill. 



GENEALOGY 

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COMPILED BY 
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FOREWORD. 



The records in this book represent some fifteen years of inter- 
mittent searching and correspondence. In the hundreds of names 
and dates, which have been copied and re-copied, there are doubt- 
less errors, some of which have already been discovered and noted 
in the list of "Additions and Corrections" at the end of the work. 

No attempt has been made to trace the Blish lines beyond the 
shores of America, and while I have examined all known sources 
of information, I make no claim that the history is full. A few, 
whose lines are incomplete, are included for future reference. 

In the old records the name is frequently spelled "Blush", but 
the correct spelling is undoubtedly "Blish". The name is so 
spelled in the will of the first Abraham, recorded at Plymouth, 
and in all wills and deeds the name is uniformly "Blish", with the 
exception of a few of the descendants of Joseph'' (47) who spell it 
"Blush". 

There is a Blish coat of arms, but it is of so doubtful authen- 
ticity, that I have not used it. 

The plan of the work is simple and obvious. Each name is 
given a distinct number, which appears first in the margin before 
the names of the children in each family. This number is 
repeated, in larger type, type, at the head of each family. The 
number of the generation, counting from Abraham' Blisli, is indi- 
cated by a small figure at the end of the given name. A plus sign 
( + ) before a name indicates that it is carried forward. All 
known record authorities are given in the body of the work or at 
the end of each family. 

Attention is called to the additional notes upon the Fuller, 
Hull, Lothropp and Jones families. All of the descendants of 
Joseph= Blish (3) trace to the Rev. Joseph Hull, and all of the 
descendants of Tristram^ Blish (14) to Edward and Samuel Ful- 
ler of the Mayflower, the Rev. John Lothropp and Dr. Matthew 
Fuller of Barnstable. Attention is also called to the Table of 
Abbreviations and the Glossary of Obscure Words. 

I would be pleased to be informed of any errors in the work, 
and to correspond with any person interested in the family 
directly or collaterally, as my investigations will not end with the 
publication of this book. 

JAMES KNOX BLISH. 
Kewanee, Illinois, February 20th, 1905. 



Copyright 

1905. 

By James Knox Blish. 



H. L. Throop, Printer, 
Kevvanee, Illinois. 



TO the: memory 



OF M V FA-TH ER, 



CHARLES CHENEY BLISH. 



WHO Began and Whose Example 



INSPIRED THE PROSECUTION OF THE WORK, 



THIS BOOK IS 



AFFEic'r lONATEiLY de:dicate:d. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



ABBREVIATIONS. 



ister. 



Barn. 


Barnstable. 




b. born. 




bap. 


baptized. 




Biog. 


biographical. 


Ch. 


Church. 




Col. 


Colony ; Colonel. 


Colch 


. Colchester 




d. died. 




dtr. 


daughter. 




Gen. 


Genealogy ; 


genealogical, 


Hist. 


History. 




m. married. 




N. E. 


Gen. Regr. 


New Englai 


Plvm 


. Plymouth. 




Prob. 


Probate. 




Rec. 


Records. 




Rev. 


Revolution ; 


Reverend. 


Sold. 


Soldiers. 





s. son. 

/. Shillings. Used in inventories and accounts : e. g., 2/6, 
means 2 shillings and six pence. 
Tn. Town, 
•w. wife. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 



IX 



GENERAL INDEX. 



Additions and Corrections, 330. 
Aunt Beck's Museum, 97. 
Barnstable Declaration, 49. 
Birds, ordered killed, 41. 
Battle Street Church, 19, 39. 
Church, record of suspension, 51. 

CIVIL WAR RECORDS— 

Blish. Albert Stiles,' 177. 

Charles S.' 269. 

George C 211. 
" Timothy H." 259. 
Blush, Edward T. C." 179. 

Leverctt C' iSo. 
Bliss. Owen." 116. 
Cheney, Edward H.' 212. 
George VV.' 213. 
Davis, Joseph, 194. 

COLONIAL WAR RECORDS— 

Blish. Joseph,' 16. 
Jones. Josiah, 328. 
Fuller. Matthew. 297. 
Connecticut Association, 147. 

DEEDS— 

.'\ncient, 4. 
Church Pew, 81. 
Indian. Yanno, 315. 
Richard More, i. 
John Willis, I. 

King's name erased from. 6g. 
Glossary. 332, 333. 

INDEXES.— 

Blish and Blush. 361-366. 
Other names, 340. 360. 
Places. 334-339- 
Indians, 366. 

INVENTORIES.— 
Blish, Aaron H.' 143-4. 
Abraham," 13. 
-Abraham." 24-26. 
Abraham.' 31-2. 
Benjamin,* 56-7. 
'_' John.* 64-5. 
Reuben.* 54-5. 
Silas,* 52. 
Sylvanus,* 5(^1. 
" Temperance, 34. 
Fuller, Samuel, 304-5. 
King Philip's War. 16. 297, 298, 328 
Livery of Seizin, 69. 



Mayflower Compact, 294-5. 
Museum — Aunt Beck's, 87. 

REVOLUTIONARY RECORDS. 
Aid for Continental Army, 63-4. 
Barnst.able Declaration, 49. 
Bljsh, Asa,' s& 

" Benjamin,' 81. 

" David,' 69. 

;; Daniel.' 58. 
Ezra. gi. 
John,' 49. 

" John.' 84. 

" Joseph," 98. 
Bruce. Benjamin, 184. 
Little, Barzillai, 97. 
Moore, John, 169. 
Deaths, read in Church. 68, 69. 

SIGNATURES— 
Blish, .\aron H." 143. 
Abraham,' 12. 
Abraham,' 23, 27. 
Benjamin.' 123. 
" Charles C 207. 

Daniel,' 158. 
"^ David,* 68. 

David P.' 221. 
" George C 210. 
Edwin W.' 194. 
James K.' 273. 
John B.' 192. 
" John S.° 131. 
"_ Joseph," 233. 

Novatus M.' 221. 
Prudence, 106. 
" Philenia,' 125. 

Rhoda. 149. 
II Roger,' 108. 

Samuel,' 166. 
'' Sylvester,' 146. 
Tipton S.° 192. 
Thomas.' 105. 
Thomas.' 206. 
1; William H.' 204. 
Zenas,' 124. 
Cheney, Adeline P.^ 131. 

Halscy. 150. 
Moore, Clifton H.' 169. 
Talcott, Dorothy,' 146. 
" Wait.' 200. 
William, 145. 



GENERAL INDEX. 



SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR 
RECORDS— 

Blish, Lieut. John Bell, 192. 

Talcott, William Ariel Jr., 266. 
Squirrels, Ordered killed, 41. 
Suit, John Barker's, 8, 9. 

UNCONNECTED RECORDS, 

289-293. 
Vaccination introduced, 105. 

WAR OF 1812 RECORDS— 
Blish, Col. Daniel," 137. 

" Oliver," 132. 

" Silas," 92. 

" Zenas," 124. 
Bruce, Joseph, 184. 
Talcott, Capt. William, 145. 
Measures of safety, 115. 



WILLS— 

Blish, Abraham,' 10-12. 
Abraham," 21-24. 
Hannah," 79. 
Joseph," 16-17. 
" Joseph,' 29-30. 
Joseph," 44-45. 
Lieut. Joseph," 77-78. 
Reuben," 36. 
" Temperance, 34. 
Fuller, Samuel, 301-2. 
Lothropp, Rev. John, 326. 
Lowthroppe, Robert, 319. 
Lowthroppe, Thomas, 321. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. xi 



LLUSTRATIONS. 

ILLUSTRATIONS. 
OIci Tide Mill, Barnstable, Frontispiece. 
Old Homstead of Dea. Thomas Elish, 105. 
Old Homestead of Roger Blish, 105. 

Portraits. 
Eeulah (Wilcox) Blish, 137. 
Charles Cheney Blish, 206. 
Daniel Blish, jr., and Family, 164. 
Elizabeth (Bonar) Blish, 206. 
George Cheney Blish, 210. 
James Knox Elish, 272. 
John Bell Blish, igi. 
John Hedding Blish, igi. 
John Lyman Blish, 191. 
Matthew Bonar Blish. 272. 
Rhoda (Cheney) Blish, 146. 
Col. Sylvester Blish, 146. 
William Henry Blish, Sr., 203. 
Mary F.. (Jones) Bull, 185. 
Lydia M. (Jones) Campbell, 250. 
Bculnli (Blish) Jones, 250. 
Daniel Blish Jones, 185. 
Elijah Brown Jones, 249. 
Oilman Mack Jones, 250. 
■Martha E. Jones, 185. 
Nathan Henry Jones, 250. 
Picrpont Edwards Jones, 185. 
Lillian M. (Blish) Pnrmort, 245. 
Margaret E. (Jones) Thompson, 185. 
Benlah B. (Jones) Tomlinson, 250. 



ABRAHAM BLISH. 



All of the name of Blish, besides a few who spell the name 
Blush are descended from Abraham Blish, who was in Duxbury, 
a part of the Plymouth Colony, in 1637. He is mentioned in 
Winsor's History of Duxbury, p. 228. The first authentic record 
we find, is a deed from Richard jVIoore to Abraham Blush of a 
tract of land in Duxbury, at the •'Eagle's Nest'", which is found 
in Plymouths Great Book of Deeds, volume i, page 22, and is as 
follows : 

RICHARD MORE DEED. 

"Bradford Goun"': xiij"' of King Charles. 

-The first day of Nouember, 1637, Richard More of Ducks- 
borrow yeom for and in consideracon of the sume of twenty 
pounds sterl to be payed in money, or beauer in manner & forme 
following that is to say tenn pounds pt thereof at or vpon the 
sixteenth of this instant Nouember and other tenn pounds at or 
vpon the twenty ninth day of Septemb"' next ensuing the former 
payment and the other thirty shillinges the first day of Nouember 
after. Hath bargained, sould aliened enfoef fed and confirmed vnto 
Abraham Blush of the same all that messuage and tennement in 
Ducksborrow aforesaid w"^ the twenty acres of land therevnto be- 
longing and all his right title and interest of and into the said 
p''misses and euery part and pcell thereof To haue and to hold the 
said messuage or tennement lands and p''misses and all and singu- 
ler their appurtefices vnto the said Abraham Blush his heires and 
Assignes foreuer to the onely proper vse and behoofe of him the 
said Abraham Blush his heires and assignes foreu." 

JOHN WILLIS DEED. 

This land is again mentioned in a deed found in the same 
volume, on page 58' as follows : 

"Memorand : The 29"^ of September 1657 That whereas 
John Willis purchased of Abraham Blush halfe the twenty acree 



2 . ABRAHAM BLISH. 

lott lying on Duxborrow syde which lott the said Bkish purchased 
of Richard More as may appeer by an Instrument vpon Record 
bearing date Nouember 27 1638 Now the said John WiUis 
doth acknovvhdg that for and in consideration of eight pounds to 
him in hand payed by WiUam Paybody of Duxborrow, haue free- 
ly and absolutely sold vnto said Willam Paybody That one 
halfe lott That hee bought of the aforesaid Blush being the easterly 
end of the twenty acree Lott Towards the place called Eagles 
Nest point with all and singulare the premises therevnto belong- 
ing Together with all his right and Interest of and in the same 
To naue and to hold the said halfe Lott of land with all and singu- 
lare the Appurtenances therevnto belonging for the onely proper 
vse and behoofife of him the said Willam Paybody his heires and 
Assignes for euer. by mee JOHN WILLIS. 

Signed sealed and deliuered in the p'"sence of 
Nathaniel Morton. 
Josiah Standish. 
"This Instrument was acknowlidged this 4"^ of July 1679 
before mee, DANIEL SMITH, Assistant." 

The exact date of his coming to Duxbury is unknown, the 
earliest records of that Town having supposedly been burned 
with the house of Miles Standish. who was the Town Clerk. 

Abraham Blish early removed to Barnstable and is known to 
have been tliere in 1640, and may be considered one of the early 
settlers of that Town. His first residence was in what was after- 
ward known as West Barnstable, "Great Marshes'"— and his 
homestead there was owned by him and his descendants for near- 
ly two hundred years. On July 17th, 1658, he purchased of Dolar 
Davis, for £75, a farm in the easterly part of the Town, near the 
present site of the Town of Barnstable, a portion of which land 
was in the old common-field. His house was on the south side of 
the mill-pond and a short distance south-east of the old tide-mill, 
and i.he causeway that formed the mill-dam was known as "Blish's 
Bridge" or "Bliish's Bridge". It is spelled both ways in the old 
records. The western extremety of the old common-field was, un- 
til a very recent date, known as Blish's Point. The inventory of 
the ef-tate of Jeremiah Bacon mentions "one piece of meadow by 
Blish's Bridge," Mar. 29, 1706. In the will of John Bacon, 
proven 20 Oct. 1738, occurs the following— "Itenv-I give free 
liberfv to all my sons and grandsons to use and improve my two 
landing places one at the mill and one at the bank by Blush's 
point, as they mav have occasion"- Tlie inventory of John Davis, 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 3. 

28 Feb. 1739, '.iientions meadow at Blish's point, bought of John 
Sturges, and land at Blish's point is also mentioned in the parti- 
tion of the estate of John Lewis, 4 Apr. 1789. Portions of the old 
causeway are still standing and the remains of an old tide-mill are 
now on the site, though doubtless of later construction. Abraham 
Blish was a large land owner for those days, as is evidenced by 
tlie frequency with which his name occurs in the records. Among 
the earlier records is found the following, pertaining to the lands 
of the first settlers : 

"1651, Jany. 8. \\'hereas the Inhabitants of this Town took 
into serious consideration the great trouble and confusion that 
may hereafter ensue for want of recording sundry parcel or par- 
cels of land given and granted to sundry particular men within 
the township, for the prevention of which trouble and confusion 
the b° inhabitants have therefore, at full Town jNIeeting, y<= day 
and year above written, with full consent, ordered and agreed as 
followeth, viz : — that whatsoever parcel or parcels of land or lands 
any man hath and is at present possessed with within this Town- 
ship, the bounds of said lands being publicly declared in Town 
IMeeting, and proved, shall be recorded in the Town book to be 
the lands of each possessor thereof, and do by these Presents or- 
der and declare that the record thereof as aforesaid be sufficient 
security to claim, hold and retain full and lawful right, title and 
interest to them, their heirs forever of all and every such parcel 

and parcels of land possessed by them and recorded as aforesaid. 
»*****♦» 

"To Abraham Blush. — The parcel of marsh meddow 8 acres, 
be it more or less, lying in y'= cove, commonly called y^ Bridge 
cove, butting northerly upon a small creek running by his point 
of upland into y^ Bridge creek and southerly by Gdd Bowermans 
upland, bounded by a small nmlet (near y'= markt tree,) which 
run from y^ s'' upland into y= bridge creek, which s*^ creek is y= 
bounds of it westerly, and bounded on y'= easterly side by Gdd 
Bowermans marsh." 

Three other tracts of land are described as belonging to Ab- 
raham Blush. 1658, July 21. Another list of the lands and land 
owners of the Town was spread upon the Town records, among 
which are eleven tracts of Abraham Blish. 

ANCIENT DEED. 

Many of the old deeds are curious in form and phraseology; 
the following is an average sample : 



4 ABRAHAM BLISH. 

"To All Persons to Whom These Presents Shall Come, Ab- 
raham Blish of Barnstable in y^ Government of New Plymouth, 
in New England, yeoman, sendeth Greeting, and Know Ye that I, 
the said Abraham Blish, for and in consideration of a parcel of 
high fence belonging to y^ field commonly called y= common-field, 
in Barnstable aforesaid, containing twenty and two rodd lying on 
y* Kings highway between y^ fence of Nathaniel Bacon of Barn- 
stable aforesaid and a gate which I was to make and maintain 
that stands at y<= head of y'= lane or way which leads down to y* 
creek and to my now dwelling house, now to be repaired and ever 
be maintained by y*^ s'' Nathaniel Bacon and Jeremy Bacon, their 
heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever, the security 
for making and repairing y= 3'^ fence and gate by y'^ s"^ Nathaniel 
Bacoa and Jeremy Bacon, to me in hand given, y"^ receipt whereof 
I do hereby acknowledge and declare myself fully satisfied- con- 
tented and paid, and for divers other good causes and considera- 
tions to me the s'' Abraham Blishj at this time especially moving, 
have given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed and con- 
firmed and by these presents do freely and absolutely give, grant, 
bargam, sell, alien, enfeoffe and confirm unto them y"^ s"^ Nathaniel 
Bacon and Jeremy Bacon, their heirs and assigns forever, all that 
parcel of my meddow marsh and creek stuff, containing about one 
acre and one-half, be it more or less, lying and being in Barnsta- 
ble aforesaid, on y^ northerly side of y^ creek commonly called y* 
old mill creek, and is bounded southerly by y"^ s'^ creek and easterly 
by y^ causeway over y*^ marsh from y'= bridge where y'= old mill 
stood- and is bounded westerly by y* west side of a rock standing 
by y^ upland side and thence ranging easterly to y^ main creek 
aforesaid by the point where y= bank of y^ s'^ creek is steep down ; 
together with all y"^ proffits, privileges and appurtenances to y^ s"* 
bargained premises belonging or in any wise appertaining: To 
Have and To Hold y'^ s"* parcel of meddow and creek stuff and 
appuntenances unto y^ s'^ Nathaniel Bacon and Jeremy Bacon, 
their and each of their heirs and assigns forever. And 
I, the s'l Abraham Blish, do for myself, my heirs, ex- 
ecutors, administrators covenant and grant to and with 
y'^ s'' Nathaniel Bacon and Jeremy Bacon and their heirs 
and y^ heirs and assigns of each of them, that at the 
time of ensealing and delivering of these presents, I 
have full power and just right and lawful authority to grant, bar- 
gain and confirm all y^ s^ premises, in and by these presents men- 
tioned or intended to be bargained and confirmed in manner and 
form as aforesaid, according to y^ true intent and meaning of tliese 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 5 

presents, and that y= s^ bargained premises are to be and shall 
contiriue to be clearly exhonorated, acquitted and discharged or 
otherwise upon request and sufficiently saved and kept harmless by 
me y- s'' Abraham Blish, mine heirs, executors and administrators, 
of and from all other former gifts, grants, bargains, sales, titles, 
dowers, charges and imcumbrances w'soever had, made, conducted 
or done, or to be made, had conducted or done by me, y^ s"^ Abra- 
ham Blish, mine heirs or assigns or by any other person or per- 
sons from, by or under me, us or any of us, or by mine, our or 
any of our means, consent or procurement. 

"In witness whereof I, the s'^ Abraham Blish have hereunto 
sett my hand and seal this loth day of January, Anno Domini 
One Thousand Six Hundred Seventy and Nine. 

ABRAHAM BLISH & a SEAL. 
"Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of 

^lary Hinkley. i 

Jedediah Lumbert. 

The above s<' Abraham Blish appeared the 20 of January, 
1679 and acknowledged these presents to be his act and deed be- 
fore me. Thomas Hinkley, Assistant. 

"\'era copia. Compared with the original deed. Jta : 

"Attest predict. Thomas Hinkley." 

— Barnstable Deed Records. 



The following items have been gathered from various sources 
and show the public acts of this pioneer. 

1637. Had accounts with John Cole. — Pope's Pioneers, Mass. 

1641. June I. "At the Genall Court of o'' Sou''aigne Lord the 
King, held at Plym afores"^, the first Day of June in the 
xvij"" Yeare of his s'^ Ma''*=^ now Raigne, of England" 
etc. 

"The names of those that are ppounded this Court 
to be admitted as freemen at the next Court. * * 
Abraham Blush & William Betts, of Barnstable" 

Plym. Rec. 2-17. 

1642-3. Mar. 7. Abraham Blush was Grand juror from Barn- 
stable. — Ih. 53. 

1643. J"ne 6. "At a Genall Court holden at Plymouth afore- 
said the vj"' of June in the xix"' Yeare of the Raigne of 



6 ABRAHAM BLISH. 

o'' Sou'"aigne Lord, Charles by the Grace of God King of. 

England, Scotland, France & Ireland, Defend"" of the 

F"ayth, &c." the grand jury was sworn, among which was- 

Abraham Blush. — lb. 56. 
1643. His name appears in a list of persons able to bear arms 

in the "Colony of New Plymouth". — A''. E. Gen. Regr. 
1643. Took the oath of fidelity. — Hyin. Rec. 8-193. 
1645. June 4. "At Gen''all Court" &c. "Surveyors of Heigh- 

wayes chosen by the sev''all townships & p''sented to this 

Court. 

Barnstable — Abraham Blush & Nathaniel Bacon." 

—lb. 2-84. 

1651. June 5. ''Abram Blush Propounded for freeman." 

— lb. 2-167. 

1652. June 7. "At the Generall Court of Election holden for 

the jurisdiction of New Plym. Names of such stand 
propounded to take up their freedom : Abraham Blush, 
and others. — lb. 3-7. 
1652. June 7. "Abraham Blush chosen Surveyor of Highwaies 
for Barnstable with Dolare Davice". — lb. 

1656. June 3. "The Constables for the severall Townes — 

Barnstable — Abraham Blush.'' — lb. 3-100. 

1657. "Att the Court of his Ma"^ holden att Plymouth for the 

Jurisdiction of New Plymouth the fift of March, 1657. 
The names of those that have taken the oath of fidelite 
at Duxborrow in the year 1657. » » « » • 
Abraham Blush, and others. — lb. 8-182. 

1658. June I. Court of Election, etc. Abraham Blush one of 

"y^ Grand Enquest sworne". — lb. 3-135. 

1658. The name of Abraham Blush appears in the list of free- 
men. — lb. 8-200. 

1660. June 6. He was Constable for Barnstable. — lb. 3-188. 

1663. June I. He was again one of the "Grand Enquest". 

—ib. 4-37- 

1667. June 5. Was Constable for Barnstable. — lb. 4-48. 

1668. Feby. 5. "At a meeting of those five men impowered by 

y"= town, according to an order bearing date the 21 of 
May, 1662, to make such orders respecting y* general 
field as may be for y^ preservation of y<= corn, etc.. it 
is ordered as followeth, viz. that Abraham Blish, James 
Lucas and James Cob are impowered to be heywards of 
y^ said field till this time twelve month, to see that y' or- 
ders respecting y^ s'^ field be observed and penalties gath- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 7 

ered, and give an account of such forfeitures and penal- 
ties unto y*^ said five men, to be by them disposed of as 
they shall see cause for y"^ common good of y^ Interessors 
in y'= s'^ field. — Barnstable Ton'ii Rec. 

1670. ]\Iay 29. His name appears in the list of freemen of New 
Plymouth. — lb. S-^77- 

"At a To\ni Ivleeting y^ 5 of April, 1670- it is or- 
dered by y^ Town, that all of y'= common meddow as yet 
undisposed within this township shall from time to time 
perpetually to be and lie for a common to and for y' 
common use of y^ present inhabitants whose names are 
hereto recorded and to y^ sons of all y'= aforementioned 
inhabitants successively as they shall grow qualified, ac- 
cording to a former order bearing date 3 of October 
1G62, and y^ successors of such inhabitants aforesaid 
who shall purchase and buy out y^ right of such respect- 
ive inhabitants." 

A list is appended among which is the name of Ab- 
raham Blish. — Barnstable Tozi.ni Record. 

T.(>7i. Jany. 16. Abraham Blish, Thomas Lumbart and Jamei 
Cob were chosen Heywards for the following year. 



The first wife of ABRAHAM BLISH was ANNE 

"The date of marriage is unknown. By her he had children : 

-2. S.'VRAIi," b. ■^ Dec. 1644, according to the Barnstable Town records, 
which is followed by the N. E. Gen. Regr. 21-65. The Plymouth 
records say 2 Dec. 1641. which is followed by Freeman in his His- 
torj' of Cape Cod, and by Otis' Barnstable Families. The Church 
records say she was baptized by Rev. Lothrop, 5 Dec. 1641, which 
is probably correct. Nothing further is known of her excepting 
the mention in the will of her father, as Sarah Orchyard. 

3.+TOSEPK." t. I. .Apr. 1648 and baptized 9 Apr. 1648 — Barnstable 
Til. Rec, I rccumn's Cape Cod and Otis. His Wife .A.nne, died 16 
May 1651, according to the Plymouth records and the Barnstable 
Tn. records. The Church record says. "Syster Blush burj'ed May 
26, 1653." Otis gives both dates, but prefers the earlier. He mar- 
ried second HANNAH.* a daughter of John Williams of Scituate 
snd widow of John Barker cf Marshfield, Mass. By her he had, 

•.lohn Barker was drowned 14 Dec. Ifi52. and administration firanted to Ills 
■widow IT Dec. 1G.52. Her son Ai>raliam Biisli was b. Oct. l(i.>4, so tliat her mar- 
riage with Abraham Biish must have been not iater than the eariy part of the 
_year 1G54. 



8 ABRAHAM BLISH. 

4.+ABRAHAM' b. i6 Oct. 1654, according to the Barnstable records,- 
Freeman and the N. E. Gen. Regr. The Plymouth records say he 
was born about 16 Mar. 165S. 

Hannah Williams Barker, the second wife, died Mar. 1658, 

accordmg to the Plymouth records. The Barnstable Tn. records 

say 16 Feb. 1657-8, which is followed by Otis and the N. E. Gen. 

Regr. 

ric married ?.-. third wife, ALICE, widow of John Derby** o£- 

Yarraouth, 4 Jany. 1658-9. 

JOHN BARKER'S SUIT. 

The following record of a suit of one of the Barker children 
will be of interest, as a legal curiosity. 

"At the Court of his Mat'e holden att Plymouth for the Jurisdiction of 
New Plymouth the fift of March, 1677. 

"John Barker, of Barnstable, complaineth against Captaine John Wil- 
liams of Scituate, as Guardian and receiur of the rents and proffits of the 
land of the said Jclm Barker during his minoritie, in an action of accompt, 
to the damage of 200 pounds ; for that the said John Williams, as guardian 
in soccage, tooke into his custody the said Barker in the month of March 
in the yeer 1657, and froin said time receiued the rents and proffits of said 
Barker hi', lands in the lowneshipp of Marshfield, and had severall yeerly 
tenants of ih'.- .same vntil the said Barker did arriue att the age of twenty 
one ycers, which was in the yeer 1672, being fourteen yeers compleat, and 
'thereof hath not rendered an accompte to the plaintiffe to this day, notwith- 
standing the said guardian hath not improued the estate in educating and 
well bringing vp the saiti htire, but contrariwise did improue the said heire 
as hi:; servant, ;ibo'Jt the said Williams his owne servill imployments." 

"The jury find for the plaintiffe an hundred and seauenteen pounds 
damages, vnless the defenotnt render to him a faire accompt between this 
and the last of May next, and the costs of suit which comes to 4^ 06= 06'^ 
to be payed in siluer money." 

"In reference vnto the verdict of the jury in the case of John Barker, 
plaintiffe and Capt. John Williams, defendant, in an action of accompt as 
guardian in soccage, which is as foUoweth, viz: — the jury find for the plain- 
tiffe one hundred and seuenteen pounds damage, vnless the defendant doe 
render to him a faire accompt between this and the last of May next, and 
the cost of suit : This court doth appoint the honorable the Gou., Major 
Cudworth and the Treasurer, and for default of either, Mr. Thomas 
Hinckley, auditors, to meet together att Marshfield the 15'h day of May 
next, att tenn of the clocke, to auditt, heare and determine the said accompt, 
together with the cost of said auditt and to issue forth e-xecutions for the 

**John Derby or Darby d. at Yarmouth before 5 Mar. 1655-6, when admin- 
istration was granted to his widow. After the death of Nichoias Nickerson, in 
1682, the court ordered the land at Monx's Hili, in Piymouth, to be divided be- 
tween widows Blush and widow Nicarson, who had received nothing before from 
her father John Darby.— (Pope's Pioneers of Mass. 130.) 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 9 

arrearages of the same; and case the said auditors shall not agree in any 
matter touching the said accompt, that then any two of them agreeing shall 
haue full power to determine the same."— P/^'m. Rec. VlI-2og. 

John Barker succeeded so well in this suit, that he was en- 
couraged to try again, and on the i6th of July, 1678, he filed the 
following declaration : 

"John Barker, of Barnstable, complains against John Williams of 
Scitiiate, in an action on the case, to the damage of one hundred pounds, — 
for that whereas, after the said Barker did arriue at the age of fourteen 
yeers, he chose the said Williams as his guardian and who expected to 
continew his gaurdianshipp to said Barker and was allowed and appointed 
by the Court of New Plymouth to be guardian to said Barker and required 
by said Court to bring him vp in the way of education and learning soe as 
might be to his advantage and health when hee should come to be of age 
and put him forth to a trade, as may appear by the record of this Court, 
bearing date October, 1665 : and the said Williams to the contrary wise im- 
ployed the said Barker about his, the said Williams owne servill imploy- 
ments, from said time vntill the said Barker did arriue att mans estate, and 
did not put hnn forth to a trade : wherefore the complainant brings his ac- 
tion to the honorable Court for relieffe and prase that he may haue wages 
for his seruice done for said Williams and damage for not putting the said 
Barker forth to a trade." — Plyiii. Rcc. 

The young man was non-suited in this case, and then the old 
man, evidently wishing to get even, filed the following complaint : 

"John Williams of Situate complaineth of John Barker of Barnstable, 
in an action on the case, to the damage of one thousand pounds, siluer 
mony, for that the aforesaid John Barker at some time since March last, 
slanderously reported and defamed the aboue said Williams, by saying, 
that hee, the said Williams, "is the wickedest man that ever was vpon the 
face of the earth." — Plym. Rcc. 

The Couit evidently thought that the quarrel had proceeded 
far enoiigh, and Williams was also non-suited. 

The following curious receipts probably have reference to 
the Barker property: 

"Nouember the 11* 1654. Receiued by mee, John Williams, for the 
vse of Abraham Blush, of Peregrine White, the sume of thirty shillings 
for rent. I say receiued by mee, John Williams, which is the one-halfe. 

John Williams." 
—Plym. Rcc. K///-210. 
"Receiued of George Vaughan. in and by the appointment of M' 
Peregrine White, the sume of fine pounds and ten shillings, which is the 



lo ABRAHAM BLISH. 

rent due to Anne Barker. I say receiued by mee this 26 of March, 1662. 

John Williams." 
—Plym. Rec. Vlll- 211. 
"May 9'h 1656. Receiued by mee Dolar Dauis, by the order of Abra- 
ham Blush of Barnstable, the full and just sume of flue pounds and ten 
shillings, of Nathaniell Bassett of Marshfield, in a cow and yearling. I say 
receiued by mee. Dolar Dauis." 

—Plym. Rec. Vlll-2io 
"April the 9'h 1656. Recieued by mee Dolar Dauis of Concord, by 
order of Abraham Blush of Barnstable, the full sume of flue pounds fiue 
shillings of Peregrine White of Marshfield, in a cow and calf. I say re- 
ceiued by mee the day and yeer aboue written, for which the said John 
Willam of Scituate, the said Blushes agent is to giue the said White and 
Bassett a discharge. Dolar Dauis." 

—Plym. Rec. V 111-211. 
1668. "Receiued of my father-in-law Abraham Blush the full and just 
sum of ten pounds in full satisfaction of my wifes portion ordered by the 
Court of New Plymouth to be by him payed. 

I say receiued by mee. Samuel Pratt. 

Barnstable the acond of the g'h month, 1668. 
As witnesseth Thomas Huckens, 

John Huckens. —Plym. Rec. 11-$!. Pt. II. 

Abraham Blush also settled with John Pratt, husband of Ann 
Barker, 27 Oct. 1666. Samuel IVatt was the husband of Mary 
Barker. — Gcii. Advertiser, 4-31. 

1660. Mar. 12. William Burden, heretofore of Concord, Mass., 
now resident in Duxbury, testifies that he received in 
right of his wife Deborah, daughter of John Barker, late 
deed, money froiai Abraham Blush. — N. E. Gen. Regr. 
7-178. 

WILL. 

Abraham Blish died at Barnstable, Mass., September 7th. 
l6Sj, leaving a will, which is as follows: 

"I, Abraham Blush being weak in body but through the Mer- 
cy of God of sound and disposing mind and memory, calling to 
mind the uncertainty of this life on earth and being desirous to 
settle things in order, doe make this my last will and testament in 
manner and form following — That is to say : 

Imps. — I commend iny soul to God in Jesus Christ my bless- 
ed Savior and my body to decent buriall as to my executor heer- 
after named shall seeme meet and convenient, and as touching 



BLISH GENEALOGY. ii 

such worldly estate as the Lord in Mercy hath sent mee, my will 
is that the same shall be Imployed and bestowed as heerafter by 
this My Will is expressed ; and first I doe Revoke, frusterate and 
make void all wills by mee heertofore made and doe declare and 
appoint this to be my last will and testament. 

"Imp^. — I give and bequeath unto Allice my loving wife the 
use of that east end of my now dwelling house which I have re- 
served for myself and doe now dwell in, during her Naturall life, 
and the one moiety or half part of the Yeerly Rent of the lands 
belonging to the said dwelling house- which 1 have letten out to 
my oon Joseph Blish during the said tearme, if she live so long; 
alsoe one Cow to be att her owne dispose and the keeping thereof, 
together with the keeping of a mare or horse for her use to goe to 
mill and meeting during that tearm of the said lease, and one third 
of my household stuffe to bee at her free dispose. 

•'Item. — I will and bequeath to my son Joseph Blish 
the liberty to take in way of exchange that house and 
land belonging thereto which I now dwell on and hee 
hath the use of by virtue of a lease for years made 
therof unto him, if he shall see cause to Qiose it rather 
than that house and land which I heertofore gave unto him and his 
heirs forever by a deed of Gift, together with the parcell of Marsh 
lying at the Northerly end of that Marsh att the bridge, which 
parcell hee hath Reserved out of the said lands att the bridge, 
which hee leased out to John Barker and John Allin as by theer 
lease appeereth, provided always that he give Legall sufficient 
deeds unto his brother my son Abraham Blish, of all the rest of 
the said lands att the bridge, with the houses and edifices therunto 
belonging now letten out to the said John Barker and John Allin, 
with the Reversion therof to him my said son Abraham Blish, 
his heirs and assigns forever ; but if otherwise my will is that my 
said son Abraham Blish shall have and enjoy my now dwelling 
house and all the lands therunto belonging, to him and his heirs 
or assigns forever and the other half of Rent of said lands after 
my decease. 

"Item.—l will and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Orch- 
yard five pounds to be paid her within one yeer after my decease, 
and five shillings apeece to her five children which she now hath to 
be payed by my executors when they have attained the age of 
twenty-one yeer. 

"Item. — I will and bequeath unto Joseph the eldest son of my 



12 ABRAHAM BLISH. 

said son Joseph Blish five pounds, and five shillings apeece to his 
other three children. 

"Item. — I will and bequeath to my son Joseph Blish all the 
Rest of my Goods and estate whatsoever to pay my debts and 
Legac}es by me before given. 

"And I do hereby make and appoint him my son Joseph to 
bee my sole executor of this my last will and Testament. 

"In Witness wherof I have heerunto set my hand and scale 
this 17th of Aprill, 1683. 



,,,>y4£rWi 




"In presence of 

Mary Hinckley. 
Thomas Hinckley, Gov. 

"Mr. Thomas Hinckley, Gov'' made oath to this will att the 
Court of his Ma'''^ holden att Plymouth the fift of March 1683-4. 

"Recognitt. this 28"" day of February, 1681, before me 
pdict. Thomas Hinckley Goii. 

'•This court doth order M'' Lathrop and M^ Thacher to ad- 
minester an oath to M" Mary Hinckley in reference to the will of 
Abraham Blush, deceased." — Plym. Court Rec. VI. p. 123. 

"]\Iistris Mary Hinckley made oath to this will 29th of Feb- 
ruary, 1683. 

Before Mr. Barnabas Laythorpe, Assistant. 
and Mr. John Thacher, Assistant. 

—Plym. Rec. Vol. IV. Pt. 11. 



VU^ iL<v>0 -ff^;j3- "^-^ y< »x ■)^ 'x ■< >c 

(Fac simile of a portion of the record of the Inventory of Abra- 
ham Blish at Plymouth.) 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 13 

The widow and the executor filed the following 

INVENTORY. , , 

A true inventory of all and singular the goods, chattels and credits o£ 

Abraham Blush, deceased, praised at his house in Barnstable the fourth 
■day of September one thousand six hundred eighty and three by John 
Davis, stnr and Joseph Laythorpe, as foUoweth : 

£ s d 

Imps : his purse and apparell, 06 00 00 

Item, in bookes 00 oO 00 

Item, a feather bed and bedding and tieck bed under it ... . 06 10 00 

Item, in pewter and brasse 01 16 00 

Item. Iron pott and hookes, tonges, gridiron, chain, augers, 

hand saw and other iron 03 00 GO 

Item, two paire of trammels 00 09 00 

Item, an old bridle and saddle 00 05 00 

Item, a chist, a bo.x and chaires, 00 16 00 

Item, a Gun, powder, bullets and powder borne, 00 II 00 

Item, a padlocke, a frying pan, a cowbell 00 06 00 

Item. Trayes. bowles and wooden dishes 00 03 00 

Item. Bedstead, old hogsheads, barrels, a spinning wheel and 

shot pouch and sickle 00 11 00 

Item, in sheepes wool and cotton woole, 2 pailes 00 13 00 

Item, an old cart and wheels and plow irons and cheape (?) 

an old pitchfork and old syth 01 00 00 

Item, in Indian and English corne 01 00 00 

Item, a beeve barrell and a snuffing trough . • 00 03 00 

Item. Iron Wedges, Hooks and Rings and Rundlet 00 04 00 

Item, in hookes 00 03 00 

Item, in neate Cattle IS 10 00 

Item, in sheepe and lambs 02 00 00 

Item, one young swine and an old Cnnoo. 00s .1 mare 2£ los 02 19 00 
Item, a frying pan and Jarr and pott and half bushell and a 

pound weight and lb. of yarn 00 07 06 

Item. I Iron kettle 00 13 00 

Item. I old sheet and an Iron coulter. 00 04 06 

Item, in debts due to the estate in Neate Cattle which will be 

due s years hence /£ an old brake 07 01 00 

Item, the estate is indebted about io£ we now know 10 00 00 

Item, the several! charges about 30s or 40s. 

Item, a flock bed, a paire of course sheets, 2 pillow coates, a 

napkin and 2 towels, 02 00 00 

Item, a Coppbcrt and a great Table. 02 10 00 

55 00 00 



J4 ABRAHAM BLISH. 

Joseph Blish and Allice Blish tooke theire oathes that so farr as they 
know this Inventory of the estate of Abraham BHsh, deceased, is a true 
Inventory. 

Before mee, Barnabas Laythorpe, 

Assistant. 
— Plym. Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 15 



SECOND GENERATION. 



3 JOSEPH^' BLISH. 
(Abraham^) 

JOSEPH^, s. of Abraham^ Blish and Anne , was b. 

I Apr. 1648, at Barnstable, Mass. He m. 15 Sept. 1674, at Barn- 
stable, Hannah, dtr. of Tristram and Agnes ( ) Hull.* 
She was b 1657. 

Issue b. at West Barnstable; 

S.+JOSEPH,= b. 13 Sept. 1675. 

6. JOHN,^ b. 17 Feby. 1G76-7. Probably d. young. 

7. ANNAH' (Anne) b. "y'= latter end of Feby. 1678-9." 
8.+ABRAHAM/ b. 27 Feby. i68o-l. 

9. + REUBEN,= b. 14 Aug. 1683. 

10. SARAH," b. "ye beginning of August 1685". d. 3 Jany. 1686. 

11. SARAH,' b Sept. 1686. "Sarah Blish deceased 1705." 

12. THANKFUL,' b. . .1. .Sept. 1689. m. 30 Oct. 1712, to Joseph Bod- 

fish Jr., by Justice Bassett. 

13. JOHN,' b. I Jany. 1691. d. 14 Oct. 1711. "In ye 20th Year of his 

age." 

14.+TRISTRAM,' b... Apr. 1694. 

15. MARY,' b Apr. 1696. m. 26 June, 1718 to Saml. Jones, by 

Esq"'. Parker. .... 

16.+BENJAMIN,' b Apr. 1699. 

Barti. Tn. Rec. 

"Anna, wf. oi Joseph Blish, Sr., was admitted to the church 
•9 July, 1704." — Barn. Ch. Rec. 

16S3. "Voted that the Goivernor and Mr. Lathrop impanel a 
jury to bound the County road and the Town's high- 
ways, according to the order of the Court". Joseph 
Blish was one of the jury chosen. — Freeman, Cape Cod. 
2-277. 

•1689. Was admitted as a freeman, "at y^ Generall Court, held 

•See HULL, Appendix. 



i6 SECOND GENERATION. 

at Plimoth, ist Tuesday in June''. — Plym. Rcc. VII- 

207. 
1700. He was one of the witnesses to receipt of the estate of 

James Cobb dated "the 4th day of July, in the 12"^ Year 

of His Mag'^'"== reign anno Domini 1700". — Barn. Prob. 

Rcc. 2-155. 
171 5. Aug. 16. John Annable, Joseph Blish and John Baker 

appraised the goods and chattels of Shubal Ewer, deed. 

— Barn. Prob. Rcc. 3-270. 

Narragansett Township No. 7, now Gorham, Maine, was as- 
signed by lot to grantees in Barnstable, and other Mass. towas, 
for services in King Phillip's or Narragansett war. Joseph Blish 
was among these, and drew lot 27. — Soldiers in King Phillip's 
IVar, 438. Freeman's Cape Cod. 

WILL. 

Joseph Blish d. 14 June, 1730, leaving a will, which is as 
ifoUows ; 

"In the Name of God, Amen. The 25th day of January 
anno Domini 1722, I Joseph Blish, of Barnstable in the County 
of Barnstable and Province of Massachusetts Bay, in New 
England, being under decays of body by age, but of disposing 
mind and memory, yet calling to mind the mortality of my body 
(and knowing it is appointed unto all men once to die, do make 
land ordain this my last Will and Testament, that is to say :— 

"Principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul 
to God who gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in 
decent christian burial at the discretion of my Executor hereafter 
named ; and as touching my wbrldly estate, I give, demise and dis- 
pose of the same in the following manner and form : 

"Imprimis: — I give and bequeath to Hannah my dearly be- 
loved wife all of my household movables : 

"Item. — I give to my son Trustram Blish twenty-three 
pounds which will make up, with the twenty-seven pounds which 
he hath already had, fifty pounds : 

"Item : — I give to my son Benjamin Blish fifty povmds to be 
paid by my Executor : 

"Item : — I give to my son Abraham Blish the sum of five 
pounds, if he doth return or may be heard of so as to receive it 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 17 

iwithlin two years after my decease, and if not then I give tke 
above five pounds equally between my two sons Trustram and 
Benjamin : 

"I give to :my daughter Annah the sum of three pounds be- 
sides what she hath already had ; I give to my daughter Thank- 
ful the sum of three pounds besides what she hath already had; 
I give to my daughter Mary the sum of eight pounds besides what 
.she hath already had : 

"1 give to my two sons Trustram and Benjaniin all my wear^ 
ing clothes in equal shears between them, except my cane or staff, 
which I give to my son Joseph : I give to each of my grandchil- 
dren that are now four years old five shillings ; and I do hereby 
constitute, make and ordain my son Trustram Blish to be my sole 
Executor to this my last Will and Testament ; and I hereby utter- 
ly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every other will and tes- 
tament and Executors by me in any wise before made or named, 
and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will 
and testament. 

"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal 
the day and year above written. 

Joseph Blish, (Seal.) 

"Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Joseph 
Blish to be his last will and testament in the presence of 
John Annible. 
Jno. Barker. 
Samll Annible. 

— Barn. Prob. Rec. 6-244.. 

"Aug. y'= 31 day, 1730, then received of my son Tristram 
Blish, Executor of the Will of my late husband Joseph Blish, all 
the household movables in s<^ will given therein to me, and this 
shall be a full discharge to him the s'^ Executor, as witness my 
hand, her 

of Hannah X Blish. 
"In presence of mark, 

/o" Baker. 
Joseph Blish, Jr. 

This will was probated 30 Aug. 1731, according to Otis and 
the Barn. Pro. Rec. which is manifestly erroneous, as he d. in 
June 1730, and his widow receipts for her household goods, 31 
Aug. 1730. 



i8 SECOND GENER.\T10N. 

Hannah Blish. the widow of Joseph, d. 15 Nov. 1 732, ac- 
cording to the Town Rec. tho' Freeman has it 1733. 

The inscription on the tombstone of Joseph Bhsh, at West 
Barnstable, reads as follows :^"Here lies the body of Mr. Joseph 
Blish, who dyed June 14th. day, 1730, in y<= 8^^ year of his age". 



4 ABRAHAM^ BLISH. 
(Abraham^) 

ABRAHAM^ BLISH, s. of Abraham^ and Hannah (Wil- 
liams) Blish, b. 16 Oct. 1654. at Barnstable, Mass., m 

Martha, dtr. of John Shaw, butcher, and Elizabeth 

She was b. r6 Sept. 1655, at Boston, Mass. 

issue born at Boston: — 

17.+ABRAHAM," b. 3 Oct. 1683. 
18.+JOHN.' b. 6 Feby. 1686. 

19. JOSEPH," b. 24 July, I689. 

20. MARTHA,' b ni. Thomas Foster, 17 Dec. 1702, by, 

Mr. Benja Coleman. 

Martha, the first wife of Abraham- Blish, d. 24 July, 1706, 
and he married 2nd. 8 May, 1707, Susanna Tuttle. This mar- 
riage was also performed by Mr. Benj" Coleman. There seems 
to have been no issue of the second marriage. 

He was a very active man in public matters in Boston and 
was a "feltmaker" or hatter by trade. 

1674. "Div. No. 5. Heren is contained the names of all the males 
now living in my squadron, p. me Jacob gerson, Con- 
stable in Boston, rateable According to law. 
Servants: Abrah. Blush," 

1682. April 24. Abraham Blish, feltmaker, became surety to 
the Town for Jno. Caldwell and his family, and that s** 
Caldwell shall depart from the Town on the 15th of 
July following. 

1687. He was rated for 6 houses. Tax 3 shillings. 

1688. Tax list shows two male persons in his house over 16 

years old. 

"Abrah. Blish— 2. 

Robert Paton at Blish's, i." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 19 

1688. May 21. Tovvn-:\Ieeting. ***** » 

Constables, Jos. Townscnd, 70, Jarvis Ballard, 63, 
Michael Shillcr 59, Abraham Blush 59, (votes), and sev- 
eral others with smaller number. — Scicall Papers, 1-214, 
25 May. Was chosen Constable. 

1689. June. Abraham Blush was admitted as a freeman "at y« 

Generall Court held at Plimoth, ist Tuesday in June." 
1689-90. "Mch, ii«'^ At a Meetinge of the Selectmen Abraham 
Blish was appointed one of the Ouerseers to inspect 
chimneys that are insuffitient and danger'." 
1691-1695. He is on the tax Hsts. 

1699. Mar. 13. "At a publick Meeting of the inhabitants of 

Boston upon publick warning according to law were 
chosen Town officers, viz : * '* * Clerks of y= 
Market — Abraham Blish, William Keen, Edw. Pegge, 
Richd. Proctor, Stephen Minot, William Turner." 

Abraham Blish was one of the organizers of the old Brattle 
Street Qiurch. It was founded in 1699, tho' steps had been tak- 
en towards it in 1697. The deed from Thomas Brattle conveying 
land called "Brattle close" for a meeting house, was dated 10 
Janv., 1698. This Church having departed from the Cambridge 
platform in some particulars, was violently opposed by some of 
the fathers in the churches of New England, and a protest was 
publicly made against it. This drew from the Brattle Street 
Church a defense of its course, which was called a "manifesto," 
and gave the church the name of the "IManifesto Church", which 
it bore for many years. (Those desiring more on this subject,„ 
are referred to Lathrop's History of Battle Street Church, El- 
liott's New Eng. Biog. Diet., Allen's Amer. Biog. & Hist. Diet, 
and Drake's Hist. & Antqts. of Boston.) 

1700. Mar. II. "Abra Blish, James Mears, John Cotta, Sr.. 

and John Bucanon were chosen scavengers. 
1 701 -2. Mch. y<= 9*. At a Publick Meeting of y*^ Freeholders 
and other Inhabit'^" Town officers were chosen. "Mes- 
sures Richd Keats, Silence Allen, Abraham Blish, Steph- 
en ]\Iinot and Robert Cumbey w"' chosen Surveyors of 
Highways." 

"Mary Tuthill, widow buried Thorsday 7'"-2i-i704. 
Her daughter Susanna married Abraham Blish." — Sew- 
all Papers, 2- 1 1 7. 



20 SECOND GENERATION. 

1705. May 14. Abraham Blisli chosen one of the Overseers of 
the Poor. 

1706-7. Mar. 10. Town Meeting. Stephen Minot, Abraham 
Bhsh, Capt. Thomas Hutchinson, Daniel Ohver, Capt. 
Timothy Clark, Francis Thresher, Danl. Powning, Thos. 
Cushing and Joseph Prout chosen Selectmen. 

1707. '"The Estate of John \\ introp, Esq"', Deceased, D"' to Wait 
Winthrop, Escf, for sundry charges disbursed on his 
funerall as follows, viz: Decemb"' 1707, * * » 
Paid M'' Abraham Blish p"' note ■*'4 - os." — Winthrop 
Papers, F-412. 

1709. June 24. Elisa Davis, widow, is buried. Mr. Deering, 
Hill, Williams, Meers, Blish, Draper, Bearers. They 
invited me and my wife by sending us good gloves." — 
Sczvall Papers, 2-257. 

1715. Mch. 12. Abraham Blish chosen one "of y^ Tythingmen 
for y*^ year ensuing." 

1716-1717. Re-elected to same office. 

1719-20. Mar. 15. "Voted tha Habijah Savage, Esq"', Messu''^ 
James Gooch, John Colman, Abraham Blish & Capt. 
John Qiarnock be a committee to draw up a Town Or- 
der or By Law for the Regulating of Trucks w'ithin this 
Town and to make Report thereof to y'= Town at their 
next meeting." 

Sept. 28. Town Meeting. Hon''''^ Saml. Sewall, Esq"" 
Moderator. "Voted the Town will proceed to the 
choyce of a Committee to consider ab' promoting of a 
Spinning School or Schools for the Instruction of Chil- 
dren of this Towji in Spinning as exprest in the warr* 
for the calling of this meeting, to be seven in number. 
Abijah Savage, Esq"", Daniel Oliver. Esq"", William 
Payne, Esq'', Messu^^ Francis Thrasher, Abraham Blish, 
John Colman and Benjamin Fitch to be s"* Committee." 
"Voted that s^ committee be desired to make report of 
what they shall think proper relating thereto to y^ Town 
y^ meeting w*^'' shall be called for the choyce of Jurors 
for ne.xt Jan''^ Court." 

(A lengthy report was made in Dec. following, which 
was postponed to the March meeting, when it was voted 
to loan the money on "good Real Security". 

About 1719 a large colony of persons from the vicinity of 
Londonderry, Ireland, arrived in this country, some of whom set- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 21 

tied m JJoston. They were chiefly manufacturers of linen and 
brought their utensils with them for that purpose. The foot 
linen wheel, so common in the households of New England, was 
introduced by these people. The raising of flax and the manu- 
facture of linen cloth was looked upon as a matter of great im- 
portance to this country. 

The will of William Shaw, citizen and weaver, of London, 
England, dated 5 April iGbj, and proven 11 May 1693 gives to 
"brother John, of Boston, in New England, 4o£," and several 
other bequests, among which is the following, — ^"to my cousin 
Martha Blush, of Boston aforesaid, daughter of my said brother 
John Shaw, loi ; to cousins John and Martha Barker, son and 
daughter of :my late sister Elizabeth Barker, deceased, io£ 
apiece.'' 

John Shaw!, butcher, was admitted a member of the artillery 
company in Boston in 164G. 

Among the list of creditors of Thomas Crocker, of Barnsta- 
ble, :\Iass., is Mr. Abraham Blish, of Boston. "Claims due to 
him on the booke, 006-06-00." 

Also in the estate of Nathaniel Otis, — "Mr. Abraham Blish 
-of Boston claims is due to him by bond bearing date 26 Aug.. 
1718, 40-00-00". 

Abraham Blish died in Boston the middle of February, 1734. 
His will was admitted to probate 8 Mar. 1734, and is as follows: 

WILL. 

In the Name of God, Amen. I Abraham BHsh, of Boston, Feltmaker, 
tho aged and infirm of body, yet of sound mind, do make my last will and 
testament in manner following, viz : 

First — and principally, I commit my soul to God the Father, Son and 
Holy Ghost, himibly asking pardon for all my sins and precluding all chari- 
ty, through Jesus Christ my Savior, and my body to the earth to be decent- 
ly interred, at the discretion of my E.xecutors hereinafter named, in hopes 
of a glorious resurrection by help of my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ ; and 
as to my worldly goods and estate, after the payment of my funeral charges 
and just debts, I order and dispose of the same as follows ; — 

Imlys. — ^I give and bequeath to Robert Brown, husband of my grand- 
daughter Martha, all such sum or sums of money as he stands justly in- 
debted to me by bond, account or otherwise, and twenty pounds to buy him 
mourning. 

Item. — I give, devise and bequeath to my loving wife Susanah my 
dwelling and house where I now live w"' the garden, woodhouse and ap- 
pur^es to hold to her and her assigns during her life, and three hundred 
pounds in Province bills, to hold to her, her Executors, Administrators 
and Assigns forever. 



22 SECOND GENERATION. 

Item.— I devise and order that my household stufif and plate, excepting 
my large silver tanlcard, niafkt D+. be divided in two equal parts, in one of 
Which my desk to be, and in the other my best bed, curtains, valens, window 
curtains, satin quilt and other furniture thereunto belonging, seven chairs, 
one easy chair, two large looking glasses and one smaller, being what I lent 
my said grand-daughter at her marriage, and the first mentioned of these 
equal parts I give to my loving wife, he^ executors, administrators and as- 
signs forever, excepting said desk w^h I give her not, but give her the use 
of only during her life. 

Item. — I give and devise to my said loving wife, the use and improve- 
ment of my Negro servant, Flora, for and during the term of my said wife's 
life, and no longer. 

Item. — I give and devise to my good friends Messi's Oxenbridge 
Thatcher and John Edwards, and to their heirs and assigns forever, the 
reversion of my dwelling house above mentioned after the decease of my 
wife, and all other my lands, tenements and hereditaments : and I do also 
give and bequeath unto them, the sd Oxenbridge Thatcher and John Ed- 
Wards, their Executes and Admin" all the residue of my household stuff 
and plate, the silver tankard aforesaid, and after my wife's decease, the said 
desk and negro and all other my goods and chattels whatsoever. Never- 
theless, my trust and confidence in them reposed and my aforesaid gift, 
devise and bequest to them, is upon this special trust, that they shall em- 
ploy and dispose of all my said goods and chattels, and the rents and 
profits of my said messuage, lands, tenements and hereditaments for the 
profits of this my will, and convey and settle the said messuage, lands, ten- 
ements and hereditaments for such purposes and to such persons and in 
such manner as by this my last will and testament is appointed concerning 
the same: that is to say, — I will, devise and appoint, that after the decease 
of my loving wife, my trustees afores^ shall enter into my messuage, lands, 
tenemts and hereditaments aforesaid, lease the same to the best advantage 
from time to time, as occasion shall require, receive the rents and increase 
of the same and quarterly pay the same to my said grand-daughter, into her 
own proper hands and not into the hands of her said husband or of any- 
other person or persons that may claim the same by force of any assign- 
ment or otherwise, but only to her own hands for her sole and separate use, 
and her husband to have no medling with the same; and her receipts shall 
be sufiflcient discharges of my trustees aforesaid : and if my said grand- 
daughter shall dye before the said Robert and continuing the marriage be- 
tween ' them, in such case she leave any issue of her body, my trustees 
aforesaid shall immediately convey all my messuage, lands, tenements and 
hereditaments aforesaid, after the decease of my said wife, to such issue or 
issues, to hold the same to them and their heirs forever; but if she leave no 
issue of her body in the case aforesaid, then my trustees aforesaid shall 
immediately upon my said grand-daughter's decease convey all my message, 
lands, tenements and hereditaments after the death of my said wife, to 
Joseph Pomroy of Boston, Abraham Blish of Barnstable, or their heirs, 
my nephews, in equal halves, to hold to them and their heirs forever: but 
if my said grand-daughter shall survive the said Robert or the marriage 
now between them, then my said trustees shall immediately convey all my 
messuage, lands, tenements and hereditaments, after the decease of my 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 23 

.•said wife, to my grand-daughter, Manila Brown, to hold lo her and her 
heirs forever. 

Item. — I will, devise and appoint that my trustees afores^ shall convert 
the residue of my goods & chaiiels aiores- ii.to money and put the same 
out at interest upon good security, renewing the same from time to time, 
as occasion may require, receive the profits and increase thereof and quar- 
terly pay the same to my said grand-daughter, Martha, in her own proper 
hands, and not into the liands of her said husband, or any other person or 
persons that may claim the same by virtue of any assignment or otherwise 
but only to her own hands, for her sole and separate use, and her said hus- 
band to have no intcrmedling therewith, and her receipts shall be sufficient 
discharges of the same to my trustees aforesd : provided, nevertheless it 
sliall be in the power of my said trustees to reserve from sale such of the 
plate and household stuff as they think proper, with the advice and consent 
of my said grand-daughter and of her only without the intermedling of her 
said husband, and either keep it by them or give the improvement of the 
same or any part of it, upon reasonable security to the said Robert Brown, 
for what time or times they shall think proper; and if my said grand- 
daughter shall dye before the said Robert and continuing the said marriage 
between them, in such case, if she shall leave any issue of her body, my 
trustees aforesaid shall keep the said principal and interest, goods and chat" 
tels, in their own power, till such issue or issues respectively come of age 
or marry and then convey and pay the same equally to and among the said 
issues ; but if she leave no issue or the issue left dye before they become of 
age or marry, then my said trustees shall convey and pay the principal and 
interest, goods and chattels, to Joseph Pomroy of Boston and Abraham 
Blish of Barnstable, or their heirs the equal halves, to hold to them, their 
Execi's Admin" or assigns forever, e.xcept one hundred pounds to be dis- 
posed of at the will of my said grand-daughter; but if my said grand-daugh- 
ter shall survive the said Robert or the marriage now between them, then 
my said trustees shall immediately convey to my said grand-daughter Mar- 
tha all the principal, interest, goods and chattels in their hands or power 
remaining at the death of the said Robert, to use and dispose of the same 
at her pleasure. 

Lastly. — I do hereby constitute and appoint the said Oxenbridge 
Thatcher and John Edwards Executors of this my last will and testament, 
giving to each of them twenty pounds in consideration of their goodness to 
undertake the charge of e.xecuting this my will and the trust I hereby re- 
pose in them. I nereby revoke all former wills and devises by me made. 

hi JVitncss whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and publish and 
declare this only to be my last will and testamt this thirtieth day of Jan- 
uary, seventeen hundred and thirty-four ; before sealing I further add y' if 
my outstanding debts, besides what is due for my house sold, shall be gott 
in. I give my said wife one hundred pounds more in province bills, but if 
all be not gotten in. I give her in proportion to what shall be got in of them, 
■such proportion of one hundred pounds. 



24 ■ SECOND GENERATION. 

Signed, seaW publisht & declared accordingly in presence of 
J no. Read. 
Dudson Kikup. 
Stcp'^ Grccnleaf. 



TO ALL ChRISllAN PEOPLE to whom these presents shall come: 

I, Abraham Blish of Boston, Feltmaker, send Greeting : Whereas I 
have lately made my last will and testament bearing date the 30th day of 
January last & therein appointed Messrs Oxenbridge Tratcher & John Ed- 
wards my trustees and given them, after my decease, a certain residue and 
remainder of my goods, chattels, plate and household stuff, desk and large 
silver tankard, in trust for the sole and seperate use of my grand-daughter, 
Martha Brown, during her coverture, and further ordered that if she die 
continuing the marriage with her present husband, Mr. Robert Brown, and 
without issue, then my said trustees shall convey and deliver the said goods 
and chattels to two of my nephews therein mentioned, — Now therefore. 
Know ye that my mind and will, upon further advisement is, and I do here- 
by direct, devise and appoint, that if my said grand-daughter shall see cause 
to make and publish her will, notwithstanding her coverture, and therein 
order the giving and conveying of all the goods, chattels and household 
stuff and plate, desk and silver tankard aforesaid to any other person or 
persons whatsoever, then my trustees shall so accordingly order, give and 
dispose of the same and of all the money, principal and interest proceeding 
of the same, in full discharge of their trust aforesaid touching the same; 
and this I will to be annext a codicil to my aforesd will and always holden 
and taken a parcell of the same. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this fourth 
day of February seventeen hundred and thirty-four. 

Abrd Blish. (Seal.) 
Signd sealed, publisht & declared in presence of 

Jno. Read. 

Dudson Kilcup. 

Step'^ Greenleaf. 

George Baker & Richard Sharpe of London, Haberdashers, 
gave Power of Attorney to Capt. Samuel Carey of Boston, in 
New England, Mariner, to collect money due them from the per- 
sonal representatives of Abraham Blish. Dated June 20, 1737. 



INVENTORY of the Estate of Abraham Blish of Boston. 

£ s d 
234 Felt Hatts, mens and boys, £77.14/6 83 Castors D° £85.4/ 

17 Beavers £42.10/ 203 08 06 

14 Camell Hair 14 15 00 

2 Gs & 9 Hatt Linings £11.12/ SG^ Hatt bands. £8 19 12 00 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 25 

9 Hatt Bexes 18/ 4% Doz Felt Towstrings, 67/6 aVzlt) Black 

Thread, 20/ 5 05 o5 

lib Verdigrease & 4 Yds Hatt Case 70/ 14 Lores 21/ 10 

Brushes 10/ ^ d qq 

4 Doz. looping & 3 cutting knives 15/ 22lt) Beaver £7.14/ 

6 Doz Pelt 84/ 12 13 00 

I Fox & I Mink Skin 14/ 3 boxes 3/ 3 Stuff Boxes 5/ 2 02 00 

I Iron Bason 40/2 Stampers— i Rubbing Dish, 20/ 3 00 00 

I Dye Kettle 80/ i Walk Kettle 20/ 5 00 00 

I Stiffning Kettle 6/ i Stiffning Brush 1/ 62 Blocks 10/ oo 17 00 

I Hand Saw & Hanier 5/ i X Cutt Saw 45/ 2 10 00 

I -Beetle & 2 Wedges 5/ 3 Firelock & 4 old Swords £5.15/ . . 6 00 00 

1 large Chair, 6 leather Chairs 69/ Earthen Ware 52/ 6 01 00 

2 Coats of Arms 13/ o j^ ^ 

6 pr Andirons & 2 pr Doggs £5.11/ 7Sconces broken & whole 

^■^/ 10 03 00 

4 Tables £5.6/1 Large, 20 Small Cane Chairs, £10 15 06 00 

I Cane Couch, squab & pillows, . 00 00 

3 Looking Glasses, i Dressing Glass £16.15/ Z7 pictures, 5 

Maps, £9.5/ ; . . . 26 00 ^ 

I Desk £8. Steps for Chma Ware, 2/ China Ware £9.19/ . . 10 01 oo 
10 Images 8/ Glassware 21/ 2 Jappan Mustard Potts & i pepr 

.,, Box 4/ I 13 00 

5 ?■• longs, 4 Fire Shovels 53/ Suit of Red Curtains, Valens, 

bases— Calico Curfs head cloth & Tester quilted, i 

Bedd Curtain & Cornishes £20 22 13 00 

I Suit of Curtains, Valens, bases and base mouldings, i Coun- 
terpane. Bedstead & Curtain Rodds, 22 00 00 

4 Feather beds, 4 Bolsters, 87 pillows £43.8/2 2 Setts Curtain 

Ro'ids 14/ ^ 02 02 

1 Bedstead & Cornishes 28/ 12 bass bottom Chairs 36/ 3 Blan- 

ketts 95/ ^ jg ^ 

4 Calico Quilts, 3 Ruggs £5.17/1 broken close stool & pan 12/ 
I small Table, i Cushion & i tin Basket 13/ i Chest 
of Drawers & Table, £9 g 13 q^ 

2 Glass Decanters 12/ i old Lignum Vita Punch Bowl & 

^ .A^ S""" ^J o 18 00 

6 old Trunks, 3 Boxes 58/ i Counter & i old Box 10/ i old 

Bed & Rug, 10/ 3 jg ^ 

I Bedstead bottom. Wool Bed, Rug & Blanket, 90/ 2 Tram- 

mels 16/ 50600 

I Gridiron, i Spit, 2 Chaffin Dishes, 2 pr Tobacco Tongs, i 

Flesh Fork, i FryS Pan, '. . _ j jg gg 

1 Iron for Scures, 2 Boxes Irons , 4 Heaters, i Chopping 

Knife, 8 Iron Candlesks j ^^ ^ 

I pr Bellows, I pr Iron Snuffers, i Warming Pan, i Brass La- 
dle, I Scummer, i Brass Bason, I 05 00 

7 Brass candlesticks, i Snuffer stand, i Extinguisher, i brass i 

Bell Mettle Skillt , 

2 Brushes & Tin Ware J" ,§ ^ 

1 Pewter Tea Pott 3/ A'^V^'^ old Pewter, £6.4/6 86n) D" better 



26 SECOND GENERATION. 

£ 16.4/6 22 17 00 

I Kitchen Table, l Joynt Stool, 10/ a pi'cell of old Iron 25/. . . i 15 00 

I Glass, I tin Canisf 4/ 4 Doz Glass Bottles 24/ i 08 00 

I Doz p"^ Ivory haft Knives & forks 40/ i Cane w'h Silver Fer- 

ril 4/ 2 08 00 

I old Jack & Weight 20/ 2 G^ Laces & Tape 24/ 2 04 00 

a prcell of old Books & Pamphlets, £8, 4ilt) old Brass £7.3/6 15 03 06 

I old Copper vvt 4otb £7. 2 Iron Potts 10/ 2 old Barrels 4/ ■ ■ 7 14 00 

1% ba" soap 30/ a Remnant of Diaper 4/ a p^cell of old cloth 5/ i 19 00 
33I4 Yds Linnen Cloth £16.1/9 14 Yds Muslin £5.12/ i prcell 

Calico £5 - 27 13 00 

5 Yds Osenbriggs (,?) 15/ 3 Yds Cotton & Linnen 10/6 13 pr 

sheets & an half sheet £ 17 18 05 06 

I old Table cloth and 1 ps Tow cloth, 5/ 9 Table cloths £6.1 6 06 00 

35 Napkms £5.6/6 3 Bolster Cases, 11 Pillow Cases 69/6 8 16 00 

lS8y2 oz. Plate, 198 02 06 

1 Silver Tankard, Mark D+w' 43y2 oz 54 07 06 

2 pr Gold Buttons, w' 4 D"'t be^ 76/8 Wearing Apparil £30.18/ 34 14 06 

I Wigg &■ Bo-K 45/ 1 Negro Woman £80 82 05 00 

Mansion House & Land 2000 00 00 

I Suit striped Kinting Curtains 70/2 Suits Linnen D° £5. ... 8 10 00 

I Suit Pladd D" 35/ i Suit Callico Curtains & Cornishes 85/ . . 6 00 00 

Province Bills, 317 00 00 

£3312 04 05 
Will"" Downs, Andr Eliot, Benjamin Clark, Stephen 
•Greenleaf & James Goold their Bond for thirteen hundred 
pounds,, not due till November ne.xt, without any Int. at y' 
time £ 1300 00 00 

Oxenbridge Thatcher and John Edwards presented the fore- 
going and made oath that it contains a true and perfect Inventory 
of the Estate of Abraham Blish, aforesaid, deceased, as far as 
hath come to their knowledge, and that if more hereafter appear, 
they will cause the same to be added. The subscribing apprais- 
ers were at the same time sworn as the law directs. 

/. Willard, Judge. 
BoiSton, Apr. 28th, 1735. 

The will of Susanna Blish, dated 25 Feby. 1735, was ad- 
mitted to probate 9 Aug. 1738. and letters testamentary granted 
to Zechariah Hubbart and Elizabeth Hubbart, widow. She 
bequeaths property to Sarah, w. of nephew Zechariah Hubbart, 
to Susanna, James, Thomas, Tuthill, Joseph, John, and Elizabeth 
children of nephew John Hubbart, to Susanna and Zechariah, chil- 
dren of nephew Zechariah Hubbart, and to Zechariah Hubbart, 
nephew, and Elizabeth Hubbart, widow, niece. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 27 

In 171 1 there was a destructive fire in Boston, originating in 
an old tenement occupied by Mary Moss or Morse, who was alleg- 
ed to have been drunk. There is a petition on file in the City 
Qerk's office asking for payment of losses on account of this fire, 
signed by the sufferers, among which was Abraham Blish. The 
following signature is taken from that petition. The strength of 
this signature is in marked contrast with that attached to his wilL 



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References. — Record Coinrs. Reports, Boston Prob. Rec., 
Brattle St. Cli. Rec., Drakes'' Hist. & Antiq. Boston, Lathrop's 
Hist. Brattle St. Church, Windsor's Mem. Hist. Boston, N. E. Gen. 
Regr., Plym. Colony Rec, Barn. Prob. Rec, Barn. Tn. Rec, IVin- 
throp Papers, Sewall Papers, &c. 



28 THIRD GENERATION. 



THIRD GENERATIOJ^. 



5. JOSEPH^ BLISH. 

(Joseph- Abraham^) 

JOSEPH,^ s. Qf Joseph- Blish (3) and Hannah Hull, b. 
13 Sept. 1675, at West Barnstable, ]\iass. m. 30 July, 1702, Han- 
nah, dtr. of Richard and Alehitable (Dimmick) Child, b. 10 Nov. 
1674. She was a twin with Ebenezer, who d. in 1675. 

CHILDREN, borii in Barnstable. 
21+JOSEPH,* b. 2 Feby., 1704. 
22. ABIGAIL,' b. 29 Nov. 1705. m. Setli Crocker. 
23+SARAH,* b. I Oct. 1707. m. 29 Oct. 1735, Seth Hamblin. 

24. MEHIIWBLE,'' b. 14 June 1711. m. 29 Oct. 1730, Benjamin Jen- 

kins. 

25. ABRAHAM,' b. 29 Sept. 1712. d. 11 Jany. 1760. Tombstone at 

W. Barnstable says "in his 48th year". 

26. HANNAH,* b. 14 June 1715. 

1721. Mar. 9. Joseph Blish and Shubal Dimock chosen hog- 

reves. 

1722. June 27. Joseph Blish, Jr., and John Baker "prized" 

the goods and chattels of Thomas Ewer. 
1729. The Inventory of John Ewer is signed by David Lorning. 
John Annable and Joseph Blish, Jr. 

1729. Mar. 6. Was chosen Grand juryman. 

1730. Mar. II. Was chosen fence viewer. 

1732. May 9. "Voted to chose an agent to collect the fines aris- 
ing on several persons of s'' town in y^ last year for not 
killing blackbirds according to the former town act or 
vote. Voted that Joseph Blish be an agent for the 
above &^ business, and that Gideon Hathaway be anoth- 
er." 

1732. June 19. Chosen juryman for the July court. 

1735. Apr. 8. Chosen Grand juryman for the Superior Court, 
with Thomas Lewis, Jonathan Hamlin and John How- 
land. 

1738. Mar. 8. Again chosen Grand juryman for the Superior 
Court. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 29 

1741. Mar. II. Joseph Blish, Jr., was one of five to apportipn 
tlie lands of Nathaniel Crocker. 

Also had claim against the estate of Thomas Crocker, 
"on book to balance account 01-04-10.'' 

Hannah, the wife of Joseph-' Blish, d. 11 Nov. 1732. She 
must have been 58 yrs. old, tho' her tombstone says "in y= 56th 
yfiar of her age." 

Joseph^ Blish m. as his second wife, Remember Backus of 
Sandwich, Mass., in 1733. The inscription on his tombstone at 
VV. Barnstable says; — "Here lies buried the body of Mr. Joseph 
Bhsli, who died March the 14th, 1754, in y<= Soth year of his age." 

tlis will was proven 7 May 1754, before Silvanus BoUrne, 
Judge, and letters issued to his son Joseph. 

WILL OF JOSEPH' BLISH. 

In the name of God, Amen! I, Joseph Blish of BarnstaHe in the 
County of Barnstable, yeoman, remembering ray mortality and being by 
God's goodness of sound and disposing mind and memory, do this fifth day 
of January, 1749, make and ordain this my last will and testament: 

First of all I give and recommend my soul to God, in Jesus Christ, 
and my body I eonimit to the earth in decent burial att the discretion of 
my Executor; & touching the worldly estate that God hath blessed me 
with, I give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and 
form, and my will is that my just debts and funeral charges shall be paid 
by my son Joseph Blish, hereafter appointed Executor. 

Imps. — I give and bequeath to my loving wife. Remember Blish, the 
improvement of all of my real estate in lieu of her dower, while she re- 
mains my widow, excepting my marsh on Bridge Creek Island, my sons 
deeds being in full force as to that and therein after my decease. I also 
give and bequeath to my said wife half of my live stock and Indoers uten- 
sils and household stuff, after particular gifts thereof are taken out. Also 
I give to my said wife a sufficiency of provisions and eatables to bring the 
year about, as also one bed, bolster, pillows, bedstead, curtain rods and the 
best curtains, if two pair there be, the rug and coverlid she bought, and the 
best coverlid, two blankets, two pair of sheets, excepting the set curtain 
rods I gave my daughter Sarah, unless there be two pair of curtain rods, 
viz. a pair for each of them. 

It. — I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Blish to his heirs and as- 
signs forever all and singular my real estate of all kinds, saving the term 
above to my wife, comprising in part thereof deeds to him and his brother, 
in their full extent : further I give and bequeath to my said son Joseph 
Blish, my smith tools, cash, credits and book debts and best cane, half my 
husbandry tools and v.caring apparel, Rd of cloth intended for my cloath- 
ing, he paying my just debts and funeral charges and paying six months 
after my decease, twenty pounds, old Tennour or an equivalent to my 
daughter Sarah Hamblin, and one hundred poimds old Tennour, or the 



30 THIRD GENERATION. 

equivalent to his brother Abraham BHsh or his heirs in twelve months after 
he gets into the full improvement of all my real estate. Further I give and 
bequeath my stores of provisions to my said son after my said wife is sup- 
plyed. 

it. — I give and bequeath to my son Abraham Blish one hundred 
pounds, old Tennour as above, to be paid as above and my wearing tackhn, 
my gun and small cane, half my husbandry tacklin, half my apparel and 
half my cloath design^ for my cloathing, confirming former grants and 
deeds. 

//. — I give and bequeath to my daughter Abigail Crocker, half my live 
stock and indoer utensils and household stuff after particular gifts are 
taken out. 

It. — I give and bequeath to my daughter Sarah Hamblin twenty 
pounds old tennour to be paid as above as also my bed in the east room, 
bolster, pillows, bedstead, cord, curtains, if yt be two pair, two pair of 
sheets, two blankets, two coverlids equal them I hereafter give her sister 
Jenkins. 

It. — I give and bequeath to my daughter Mehitable Jenkins the little 
bed, one blanket, two pair of sheets, two coverlids equal to her' sister 
Hamblin, as also the bedstead belonging to the little bed, cord, &c. 

//. — I constitute, make and ordain my son Joseph Blish sole Executor 
of this my last will and testament, revoking other wills and confirming this. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & seal the day & date 
above. 

Signed, sealed, pronounced, published and declared by said Joseph 
Blish to be his last will and testament in presence of the subscribers. 

Joseph Blish. (Seal.) 
Thomas Eiver. 
John Blish. 
David Crocker. 

References— Ban;. Tii. Rec., Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn. Ch. Rec. and. 
Child Genealogy. 



8. ABRAHAM' BLISH. 

(Joseph- Abraham^) 

ABRAHAM^ s. of Joseph^ Blish (3) and Hannah Hull, was 
b. 27 Feby. 16801, at W. Barnstable, Mass. He m. 12 Nov. 
1736, Temperance Fuller, b. 171 5. 

CHILDREN, born in Barnstable. 

27.+ABRAHAM,* b. 20 Oct. 1737. 
28.-I-ELIJAH,- b. s Mar. i739- 

29. REBEKAH," b. 14 Nov. 1740. 

30. BENJAMIN,* b. g May 1743- 

31. ELISHA," b. 23 Apr. and d. 17 Nov. 1745. 



ELISH GENEALOGY. 31 

32. ELISHA,* b. I Mar. 1746-7. 

33. MARTHA,' b. 14 July 1749. in. 21 Fcby. 1771, by Rev. Oakes 

Shaw, to Natlianiel Hinckley '.v<= yd'. 

34. TEMPERANCE,' b. 21 Nov. 1751. m. 2 Jany. 1772, by Rev. 

Oakes Shaw, to Andrew Luvell, Jr. 

35. TIMOTHY,' b. 3 Aug. 1756. Probably died young. 

1724. Alar. 27. Abraham Blush filed a claim against the estate 
of Thomas Crocker, 02-04-01. Allowed for 00-13-07. 
Estate insolvent and rate 2/2'' per pound. 

1743. Nov. "Abraham Blish's mark for creatures is crop off 

each ear and a half penny under y^ right ear". 

1744. Was drawn for pettit juror. 

1753. Oct. 10. Was chosen one of the Surveyors of w^ys. 
1756. F b. 10. Was chosen one of the hog-reeves. 
1763. "\'oted to remit Abraham Blish & Isaac Howland their 
rates in Joseph Blish, Jr., bills, being in the sum of f i- 
8-8." 
Abraham Blisli died before Feby. 3rd, 1760, at W. Barnsta- 
ble. Letters of administration were granted to his brother Jos- 
eph Blish, 5 Feby., 1760. An Inventory of his estate was filed 
3 Mar. 1760. 

INVENTORY— ABRAHAM BLISH, 

We. the Subscribers, being appointed and sworn by the Honorable 
Silvanus Bourn, Esquire, Judge of Probate, &c, to apprise the Estate of 
Abraham Blish of Barnstable, Yeoman, deceased do apprise the same as 
followeth, viz : -— — ^< 

his purse and apparell £8-8-0, Arms £2-13-4, •■•• ^11 '~-t 

one bed bedstead and coverlid, 7 6 8 

one ditto £6-13-4— Ditto £5-9-4— Ditto 2-0-0 14— 3^8 

one p'' curtains and rods I o 8 

7 pr sheets 37/4 i Doz napkins 16/ table linnen 2 13—4 

6 pillow cases 8/ towels & table linnen 20/ I 8 o 

I desk 4.0/ I case of Draws 24/ I looking glass 20/ i Ditto 2/ 4— .S— o 

1 trunk 5/ I chest 8/ I table 4/ 2 ditto & salt box 2/ 0—18—0 

18 chairs 27/ i round table 16/ i box 4/8 2— 7—8 

I porringer 40/ 5 spoons 40/ 3 Ditto 9/ Bottels 2/ 5—7—0 

J pr looms & warping bars 53/4 sleighs, harness &c 48/8. . 5— 2—0 

Stilyards & Buttonmold 4/ Lamp, mortar & Pestle 4/ o— 8- o 

% of a hetchel 10/8 saddle & brid'e 24/ I— 14— 8 

walking cane 1/ 4 baskets 4/ empty hogshead 2/8 0— «— o 

Meal chist. Sives & Bags 7/14 tongs & slice 6/9 Irons 8/8 •• • i— 2—0 

Chafendish. gridiron & Toasting Iron 8/ 0—8—0 

Tramels 8/ Warming pan 5/4 Iron ware 8/ 2—6—8 

BelmeUle skillet 8/ Brass Kittle 36/ frying pan 1/ 2— 5—0 



Z2 THIRD GENERATION. 

Pewter 4/4 Knives &. forks 6/8 candle sticks 1/ 2 — 9 — O' 

Tubbs, pails, half Bushell & bread trough, .,.,..., — 8 — o 

Wheels and Reals 6/8 earthenware 2/8 , o — 09 — 4 

Trays, churn, wooden Bowles, coolers, small tubbs o — g — S 

Cags & wooden can 1/4 spice Mortar 8^^ Delfware 9/5 o — 4 — 4 

Paper & Reading Books 4/ Meat & Barrels £5-12-0 ..... 5 — 16 — o 

Molasses & beer barrils, turnip Barrils o — 4 — S 

Corn £6, Rye 13/4 wheat 12/ cliese 24/ 8 — 5 — 4 

Cartwheels chep & pin £4, Apples 9/ Irons 10/8 Yokes 5/4 4 — 16 — o 

Axes 8/ Sythes 12/ Sickles 2/ wedges 2/ traces 8/ i — 12 — o 

Wheelbarraw 6/ rakes 1/ forks 2/S collar & geers 6/ o — 15 — 8 

Shovells 1/4 hoes 6/ drawshave 1/ spade 9/ crowbar 4/ o — 12 — 4 

2 oxen £11-6-8, 4 cows £16-13-4; 3 young cattle 4-1-4 -.• 32 — i — 4 

I horse £6/8, 2 swine £1-16/1, 6 sheep £5-6-8 13 — 2—8 

house & lot, woodlot and meadow 476 — 13 — 4 



£512— 5—4 
Barnstable, Mar. 3d, 1760. 

Dower set off to Temperance widow of Abraham Blish by David Par- 
ker, Jabez Rowland and Ebenezer Child, 1/3 to her, Aug. Sth, 1760. 

The appraisers set off a portion to Benjamin Blish son of said Abra- 
ham Blish, deceased, by metes and bounds — valued at £55-4^-5^. Aug. 5"» 
1760. 

Widow, Temperance Blish, united with the church 6 Sept. 
1761. 

Children, Martha and Temperance were baptized 4 Oct. 1761. 

The same commissioners having reported "that the lands of 
Abraham Blish cannot be divided among all of the heirs of said 
Abraham Blish without great prejudice to to or spoiling the 
whole;'' and said estate having been appraised at four hundred 
ninety and seven pounds, and having set off 1/6 of the remaining 
2/3 after assigning the widow's dower, to Benjamin, the young- 
est son, the other 5/6 were assigned to the eldest sons of said de- 
ceased, Abraham and Elijah, they to pay their sisters, Mary and 
Temperance the sum of £55-4^ and 5'' apiece on or before the 
sixth day of Aug. next, with interest at 6 p. c' p. annum. Order- 
ed by the court Jany. 6th, 1762. Silvamis Bourn, 

Judge of Probate. 

In Administrator's report, filed Jany. 6, 1761, Joseph Blish 
says : — "The accounts of how I have administered on the estate- 
of my deceased brother, Abraham Blish." 

Division of widow's dower one-third of the lands of 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 33 

Abraham Blish that was set off to Temperance, his wid- 
ow, deceased. Shares are set off to 
Joseph BHsh, grantee of EHjah Blish — • 
Martha Hinckley, wife of Nathaniel Hinckley, the third. 
Benjamin Blish — (includes the piece of meadow at 
"Blish's Point".) 
Temperance Blish — "a minor''. 

Comrs. Isaac Hinckley, Jon" Crocker & Ebenezer Jen- 
kins. 
Dated 20 Mar. 1771. Approved 25 Mar. 1771. 

James Otis, Judge of Probate. 

GUARDIANSHIP. 

Joseph Blish was appointed guardian for Benjamin, minor 
son of Abraham Bhsh, 5 Feby., 1760. Temperance Blish was ap- 
pointed guardian of Martha, minor daughter of Abraham Blish, 
"late of Barnstable, yeoman, deceased." 5 Feby., 1760. Joseph 
Blish was appointed guardian of Martha and Temperance Blish, 
13 Sept., 1767. 

The account of what I have done towards bringing up my daughter 
Temperance Bhsh for food and raiment : 

August 6'h 1761 six pounds ten shillings, 6 — 10 — O 

August 6th 1762 five pounds ten shillings, 5— lO — 

August 6th 1763, four pounds ten shillings 4 — 10 — o 

August 6th 1764 two pounds ten shillings 2 — 10 — o 

August 6th 1765 one pound ten shillings, I — 10 — o 

August 6th 1756 ong pound ten shillings I — 10 — o 

August 13th 1767 one pound three and nine pence i — 03 — 9 

£23—03—9 
July 13, 1767. Received of my daughter Temperance Blish's 
interest money, twenty-one pounds ten and eight 
pence, 21— 10— 8 

Balance due, i — 13 — 4 

Temperance Blish. 

Temperance Blish. widow of Abraham' (8) died in 1767. 
Tlie inscription on her tombstone, at W. Barnstable, reads as fol- 
lows : — ."Here lies buried M" Temperance, wife of M'' Abraham 
Blish, who dec'' Aug=' y= 10"' 1767, in y« 52 year of her age." 



34 THIRD GENERATION. 

WILL OF TEMPERANCE BLISH. 

In the Name of God, Amen ! I, Temperance Blish, of Barnstable in 
the County of Barnstable, Spinster, remembering my mortality and being 
by God's goodness, of sound disposing mind and memory, do tliis twentieth 
day of July, 1767, make and ordain this my last will and testament. 

First of all, I give and recommend my soul to God, in Jesus Christ and 
my body I commit to the earth in decent burial at the discretion of my ex- 
ecutor : and touching the worldly estate that God hath blessed me with, I 
give, devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form, 
and my will is, that my just debts and funeral charges shall be paid by my 
executor hereafter named out of my estate. 

Item. — I give and devise to my daughters Martha Blish and Temper- 
ance Blish all my wearing apparel and my bed curtains and what belongs to 
the bed, except one blanket which I gave to my son Benjamin Blish. 

Item. — I give and bequeath to my two sons Abraham Blish and Elijah 
Blish twenty shillings to each of them. 

Item. — I give to my three children, Benjamin, Martha and Temperance 
all the remainder of my estate to be equally divided between them. 

Item. — I constitute, make and ordain Joseph Blish Ju^ sole executor of 
this my last will and testament, revoking all other wills and con- 
firming this. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the 
day and date above. Temperance Blish, (Seal.) 

Signed, sealed, pronounced, published and declared by the said Tem- 
perance Blish to be her last will and testament, in the presence of the sub- 
scribers. 

Joseph Blish. 
Isaac Goodspeed. 
Ehenccer Blish. 

Admitted to probate and letters testamentary to Joseph Blish, 
Jr., 13 Sept., 1767. 

INVENTORY OF TEMPERANCE BLISH'S ESTATE. 

It: 3 Gounds, £3—0—0 

It: One Riding-hood 15/ one bed and furniture lo£ ... 10-15-0 

It : One desk & looking glass, 2—18—0 

// : One round table & two small tables, i— 4-~o 

It : Seven chairs 14/ Iron ware 18/ • i— 12 

It : One necklace and earrings and silver chain 2— 5—0 

// : One brass kittle & bell mettle skillet I— 0—0 

It: Puter, Knives & forks, candlesticks, pai's, tubbs i— 17— o 

Wheels, trays, churn, mortars & Delfeware, 0—16—0 

Bible and Books, o— 4—^ 

Its Lamp, mortar &pestle & half a hetchel, 0—14—8 

Meal chest and chafendish 11 o 

It : Silver spoons, meet, bed & bedstead 8 16 8 

£35—13—4 
Dated 8 Mar. 1768. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 35 

Joseph Blish, Jr., made report 12 Alar., 1771, showing the 
estate settled. Among the items are the following: 

Legacy given to Elijah Blish, ^ l-o- o 

To what I paid Martha Hinckley as her 

part 15-3-" 

To what I credited Temperance, for her 

part, as 1 am her guardian, 15-3- 1 1 

References — Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn. Tn. Rcc. and Barn. Ch. 
Rec. 



9. REUBEN^ BLISH. 

(Joseph- Abraham^) 

EEUBEN^ s. of Joseplv (3) and Hannah (Hull) Blish, was 
b. 14 Aug., 1683, at W. Barnstable. Mass. He was m. 25 Jany. 
17 1 7, by Col. Otis, to Elizabeth, dtr. of Joseph and Elizabeth 
(Besse) Bodfish. She was b. in Barnstable 27 Aug. 1690. 

CHILDREN. 
36. JOHN," b. 9 Sept. 1717. 
37 SILAS,-" b. 8 Apr. 1719. 

38. REUBEN," b. 6 Feby. 1721. 

39. ELIZABETH,' b. 10 Feb. 1722-3. 

40. HANNAH,* b May 1725. m. 7 Feby. 1744, Zach Perry of 

Sandwich, Mass.* 

41. THANKFUL," b. 30 May 1727. m. 22 Oct. 1758, Caleb Perry of 

Sandwich, Mass. 

Elizabeth, the mother, d and Reuben Blish m. 

25 Oct. 1735, Mary Thomas. 

1723. Jany. 20. Reuben Blish was a witness to the will of 

Israel Call. 
1729-30 & 1733. Was chosen juryman. 
1735. Was chosen constable with John Bacon. 

"Voted to Reuben Blish & John Bacon three encourage- 

men each, on same conditions that it was voted last 

year." 



*Freeman has Hannah (76) dtr. Joseph (21) m. to Zach. Perry, and Thankful 
(45) dtr. Tristram (14) m. to Caleb Perry, Hannah (76) d. unmarried, in 1807 at 
the age of 75, and it Is quite Ukely that Thankful (41) followed her sister Han- 
nah (40) to Sandwich. •} 



36 THIRD GENERATION. 

'^72,7- Jany. lo. Was chosen for juryman. 

"Voted 40^ to Reuben Blish which he lost by counter- 
feit money as constable."' 
The exact date of his death is not known, but his will was 

proven 20 Oct. 1738. His widow Mary, m. 5 Mar. 1745, Lieut. 

John Annable. 

WILL OF REUBEN BLISH. 

In the name of God, Amen. This 3d day of July, 1738, I, Reuben Blish 
of j3ainstable in the County of Barnstable in the Province of Massa- 
chusetts Bay in New England, being under illness in my body but of per- 
fect, sound and disposing mind and memory, do make and ordain this my 
last will and testament : 

Principally and first I give and commend my soul into the hands of 
God yt gave it, and my body to the earth to be buried in decent christian 
manner ; and as touching the worldly estate which it hath pleased God to 
bless me with in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the following 
manner and form, viz: After all my just debts and funeral expenses are 
fully paid : 

/«i/>/s.— I give and bequeath unto Mary my well beloved wife the use 
and improvement of one-third part of all my real estate during her widow- 
hood, and further I give to my said wife all yt personal estate she brought 
with her to me, to be at her own disposal ; Also I give to my said wife the 
use of one-quarter part of all my household goods during her widowhood : 

And my will further is that my two sons John and Reuben Blish do 
yearly during the widowhood of my said wife, cut and carry hay to winter 
one cow, and do cut and carry her fire-wood, also to get her corn ground 
and find her a horse to ride as she may have occasion, in consideration of 
what I shall hereafter give to y™. 

^ Item.— I give and bequeath to my two sd sons John Blish and Reuben 
Blish, excepting the use as above sd all of my real estate equally between 
y™ and to their respective heirs and assigns forever, upon condition of 
their doing as I shall order them. 

Item.— I give and bequeath to my son Silas Blish 80 pounds in bills of 
credit at the rate the old tenor now passes (to be paid in one year after 
Reuben shall come to the age of twenty-one years, equally between my two 
sons John and Reuben Blish. Also I give to my son Silas Blish one cow. 
I further give to my three sons my armor and apparill equally between 
them. I also give to my two sons John and Reuben Blish all the remainder 
of my quick stock and all my husbandry tacklin equally between them. 

Item : — I give to my three daughters, Elizabeth, Hannah and Thankful 
Blish each one thirty pounds in bills of credit to be paid as above by my 
two sons John and Reuben. I also give to my three daughters equally be- 
tween them all my household goods excepting as above to my wife. 

I hereby constitute and ordain my son John Blish sole executor of this 
my last will and testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal the day and date above written. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. i7 

Signed, sealed, pronounced and declared by the said Reuben Blish to 
be his last will and testament his 

Reuben Blish. Seal. 
In the presence of 

Josct'li Blish, Jr. 
Abraham Blish. 
Jno. Baker. 
References — Barn. Prob. and Tit. Rec. 



14. TRISTRAM^ BLISH. 

(Joseph- Abraham') 

TRISTRAiP, s. of Joseph^ (3) and Hannah (Hull) Blish, 

was L Apr. 1694, at ^^^ Barnstable, Mass. He m. 17 Oct. 

1717, Anne, dtr. of Matthew and Patience (Young)* Fuller,** 
She was b Nov. 1693. at Barnstable. 

CHILDREN born at W. Barnstable. 
42.+BENJ.-\]\IIN,- b. 16 June 1718. 

43. ANNA," (Hannah?) b. 10 Nov. 1719, d. at Colchester, Conn. 
44.-fSYLVANUS,'' b. 13 Oct. 1721. Baptized 25 Nov. 1721. 
45. THANKFUL." b. 3 Sept. 1725. Baptized Nov. 1725. 

CHILDREN born at Colchester, Conn. 

46.+JOHN,' b 1727. 

47.+JOSEPH.- b. I Dec. 1729. 
48. PATIENCE." b. 2 Feby. 1730. 

49.+DA\'ID,'' b 1732- 

SO.+MARY," b. 8 Mar. 1736. 

It is a tradition in the family that Tristram Blish was a 
weaver by trade. He was: executor of the will of his father in 
Barnstable, and must have reinoved to Colchester. Conn., about 
1726. His name occurs several times in the land records of Col- 
chester. He was evidently named for Tristram Hull, his mater- 
nal grand-father. The records of Colchester and Marlborough 
are s'lent as to the deaths of him and his wife. 

1739. Sept. 3. A list of the freemen of Colchester has the 
name of Thurston Blush. 



*See LATHROP. Appendix. 
**See FULLER. .Appendix. 



38 THIRD GENERATION. 

1740. Apr. 16. The names of Tristraxn Blish and Ann his wife, 
appear on the hst of the members of the Westchester 
Church, which is the west parish of Colchester. 
"Trustram Bhsh made a confession of intemperance and 
was restored to the fuU charity and fellowship of the 
church.'' 

The Hebron, Conn. Records have the following entry : "Ed- 
ward Neland and Hannah Blush were joyned together in mar- 
riage, Oct. 30, 1746." This was probably Anna (43). Hicr 
mother's name was Anne and her grand-mother's Hannah. She 
would be 2"] years old at the date of this marrage. 

1749. July 30. "Trustram Blush and Ann, his wife and Danl. 
Qiamberlain and Elizabeth, his wife, were dismissed to 
the church at New Marlboro." (This was probably the 
church in the northern part of the Town, now in the 
Town of Marlborough, but then in Colchester.) 

1749. Sept. 4. Trustram Blush conveyed 8 acres of land in Col- 
chester to Benjamin Root for £200. 

1752. Mar. 3. Trustram Blush mortgaged 68^ acres in Col- 
chester, "with the mansion", for ii200. 

References — Barn. Toivn and Prob. Rec. Colchester, 
Conn. Tozvn Rec. and WestchestcT Church Rec. 



16. BENJAMIN' BLISH. 

(Joseph^ Abraham^) 

BENJAMIN^' s. of Joseph^ (3) and Hannah (Hull) Blish, 
b. Apr. 1699, at W. Barnstable. 

The only records touching him are the following: 

1733- Was chosen Dec. 12, pettit juror for the Jany. term. 
1735- Was chosen juror for the October court. 

References — Barn. Tozvn Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 39 

17. ABRAHAM^ BLISH. 

(Abraliam-, Abraham^) 

ABRAHAAP s. of Abraham- (4) and Martha (Shaw) 
BHsh, was b. 31 Oct. 1683, at Boston, Alass. He m. Nov. 1707, 
Margaret Sergant (Sargent) of Ipswich, Mass. 

He followed the trade of feltmaker or hatter, the same as his 
father. He was for a time located at Ipswich, Mass. He was 
baptized 14 Dec. 1699, in the Brattle Street Qmrch in Boston, and 
united with the church 2 Apr. 1717. His will was probated in 
Boston, 16 Sept. 1717, before Samuel Sewall, Judge, from which 
it woud appear that he died there. His will was dated 29 Aug. 
1717, and gives his entire estate to his wife Margaret, who is 
made executor. There is no record of any children. 

References — Boston Prob. Rcc. and Rcc. Brattle St. Ch. and 
Ipszi'ich, Mass., Tn. Rcc. 



18. JOHN= BLISH. 

(Abraham-, Abraham^) 

JOHN^ s. of Abraham- (4) and Martha (Shaw) Blish, was 
b. 6 Feb. 1686, at Boston, Mass. He was baptized in the Brattle 
Street Qiurch 14 Dec. 1699, aet. 13 years. 

1714. June 16. "William Fillett, y'= Sloop Hopewell, from N. 
Carolina. John Blush, a Merch'." 

The foregoing are all of the records found of the children of 
Abraham (4), feltmaker of Boston. It would appear from his 
will, that his only living heir was his grand-daughter, Martha 
Brown. It is uncertain whose daughter she was, but probably 
Thomas Foster's. 

References — Rcc. Comrs. Rcpts. Rcc. Brattle St. Ch. 
and N. E. Gen. Res:r. 



40 FOURTH GENERATION. 



FOURTH GENERATION. 



31. JOSEPH* BLISH. 

(Joseph/ Joseph.^* Joseph^ Abraham^) 

DEACON JOSEPH/ s. of Joseph = (5) and Hannah (Child) 
Bhsh, was b. 2 Feby. 1704, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 28 
Oct. 1730, Mercy, dtr. of William Crocker (s. of Joseph) and 
Mary Crocker (dtr. of Josiah.) She was b. 22 Sept. 1706, at 
Barnstable. 

CHILDREN, born at West Barnstable:— 
7S+J0SEPH,° b. 20 July 1731. Bapt, 26 May i733- 
76. + HANNAH,° b. 28 Oct. 1732. 
TJ. WILLIAM," b. 22 Dec. 1733. 

78. SAMUEL.' bap. 16 Mar. 1734-5- 

(The Church record has "Mary, bap. 4 June, 1736.") 

79. SETH,= bap. 25 Mar. 1739. 

80. MERCY," bap. 12 Oct. 1740. 
8i.+BENJAMIN,= bap. 18 July 1742. 
82.+EBENEZER," b. I .\pr. 1744. Bap. 8 Apr. 1744. 
83. TIMOTHY," b. 16 Feby. 1745-6. Bap. 11 May 1746. 

Joseph* Blish was a very active man in public affairs in Barn- 
stable, as shown by the Town records. 

1721. Mar. 9. Was chosen hogreve ; "He refused servinge and 
then was chosen Ebenezer Goodspeed, Jr." 

1723. Apr. 15. Was chosen fence-viewer. 

Sept. 20. Was chosen for petit juryman. 

1726/7. Mar. 3. Was chosen surveyor. 

1727/8. Mar. 15. Was petit juryman for Superior Court. 

•The foregoing offices may have been held by Joseph* 
(18) or by Joseph^ (5). The record says "Joseph Blish 
Jr.," which would apply to either. The remainder of 
the record undoubtedly applies of Joseph* (21).) 

1731. July 5. Was petit juryman. 

1732. Aug. 15. 'Tt was further voted that Joseph Blish, Jr., (and 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 41 

several others) take care to prevent disorders in the night 
by servants and disorderly persons being abroad after 9 
o'clock, contrary to the law of the Province." 

1733/4. Mar. 13. Chosen one of the tithingmen. 

1737/8. Mar. 3. Chosen one of the Surveyors, but refused serv- 
ing, and Samuel Qiipman was chosen in his place. 

1738. Mar. 8. Was sworn in as Constable. 

1740. Mar. 12. Was petit juryman for the Sup'' Court. 

1741. Mar. II. Chosen fence-viewer and also drawn for petit 

juryman. 

1743. June 15. Again petit juryman. 

1744. Mar. 8. Qiosen surveyor. At the same meeting it was 

ordered: — "For preventing y'= destruction of corn: It is 
voted that each householder within y'= town of Barnsta- 
ble, excepting y"^ ordained Ministers and those that are 
extream poor, in y"= judgment of y'' selectmen, shall an- 
nually before y<= 10''' day of June, bring to one of y« se- 
lectmen, four of y'= heads of either crows, blackbirds, ja- 
birds or ground squirrels, under penahy of six pence for 
each head not brought as aforesaid, to be recovered as y« 
law directs, for y« poor of said town ; and that this act by 
y'= town clerk be laid before y<= court of General Sessions 
of y<= Peace at y"' next Session for y'' approbation." 

1747. May 14. "Lieut. Fuller, Joseph Blish, Jr., & Mr. Samuel 
Parker appointed a Committee to repair or build anew y« 
timber and wooden work for y« great-bridge and at y' 
discretion to raise the same not exceeding 18 inches." 

1750. Chosen juryman "in y<= presence of y*^ selectmen". 

Mar. 19. Chosen selectman with Col. Bourn and Daniel 
Davis. "Accepted and sworn as to y<= money act and as- 
sessors oath, before me, 

David Crocker, Justice of y<= Peace." 

1752. Feby. 28. "A Perambulation of the bounds betwixt Yar- 
mouth and Barnstable, made and settled by y« Selectmen 
for each Town, who have hereunto subscribed, as follow- 
eth: (Here follow the bounds.) 

Daniel Hall, Silvanus Bourn, 

Joseph Thacher, Joseph Blish, Jr., 

Jonathan Hallett, Daniel Davis. 

Selectmen of Yarmouth Selectmen of Barnstable. 



42 FOURTH GENERATION. 

1753. Mar. 14. Silvanus Bourn, Escf, Joseph Blish, Jr., and 
Daniel Davis, chosen selectmen. "Silvanus Bourn, Esq"", 
David Crocker Esq"', Joseph Blish Jr., Peter Blossom 
and Seth Hamlin chosen a Committee to view the bridge 
by Mr. Marston's Milldam, to consider whether it is best 
to repair or amend the same or rebuild." 

1753. May 25. Perambulation of the Bounds betwixt Sandwich 

and Barnstable: (Route given.) 

Jose I'll Blish, Jr. Sam^^ Tup per, 

Daniel Davis, Thomas Smith, 

Selectmen of Barnstable. Selectmen of Sandwich." 

1754. Mar. II. Silvanus Bourn, Joseph Blish, Jr., and Daniel 

Davis chosen selectmen. 

1757. Mar. 8. "For Alewives — Sam" Parker, David Crocker 

Esq'' and Joseph Blish." 

1758. Nov. 25. Tlie same persons were chosen "For the law of 

alewives, to order about them." 

1758. Sept. 7. Was chosen Constable, but refused to serve, for 

which he was fined. 

1759. Voted to remit to Joseph Blish his fine laid upon him by the 

court of General Sessions for not serving in the office of 
Constable as requested by the freeholders of the town." 

1760. July 14. The Church voted to encourage the Rev. Oakes 

Shaw to settle here and oflfered him £200 lawful money 
settlement, in five payments of forty Pounds per year, 
and eighty pounds lawful money as salary. The com- 
mittee to wait on Mr. Shaw were Isaac Hinckley, Esq'', 
Deacon John Crocker and Mr. Joseph Blish. 
1 761 -2. Feb. 26. Mr. Joseph Blish and Mr. Timothy Chipman 
were chosen Deacons of the 'West Church. 

1 761. Oct. 21. "Voted to chose a committee to putt the great 

bridge in repair according to s^^ committee's discretion; 
3"^ bridge to be raised not to exceed two inches; Isaac 
Hinckley Esq^ Mr. Joseph Blish and Mr. Daniel Crocker 
were chosen such committee." After some further dis- 
cussion the committee was voted off as it seemed to en- 
croach upon the prerogatives of the selectmen. 

1763 Nov. 2. Joseph Blish's mark for creatures, a slit in the 
right ear and a half crop under the left ear. 

176^. Nov. 25. "Voted to chose Col. Otis, Esq'' Marston and 
Deacon Blish, agents for the west precinct." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 43 

1764. May 17. "David Gorham Esq'' and M' Joseph Blish 
chosen a committee to settle accounts with the Town 
Treasurer and to report to y" full meetinge." 

1764. Oct. iS. "Coll. Otis, Nymphas Marston, Esq'', Deacon 

Robt. Davis, Deacon Joseph Blish, Edward Bacon, Esq' 
and Capt. Jesse Lewis chosen school agents." 

1765. Mar. y'= 7"\ Joseph Otis, Esq'', chosen agent lor the 

Town to prosecute Mr. Joseph Blish for his fine for not 
serving as Constable for some years past." 

1766. Apr. 9. Chosen grand-juryman. Also on Committee to 

see about building a new poor-house or trading with Coll. 
Otis, and to report at next Town Meeting. 

1767. Mar. II. "On a vote being called for whether the town 

would act on a paragraph ( ?) respecting the prosecu- 
tion of Deacon Joseph Blish for recovery of his fine, &c. 
as per request of ten freeholders on file, it passed in the 
negative." 

1767. Nov. II. Deacon Joseph Blish chosen surveyor of high- 

ways for the lower district, west precinct, in room of 
Isaac Hinckley, who declined serving. 

1768. Apr. 12. Joseph Blish drawn for grand juror. 

Oct. 20. "\'oted to allow and pay the account of Joseph 
Otis Esq'' as agent for prosecuting Deacon Joseph Blish 
for not serving as Constable, being £7-19-4. 

1769. Jan'y. 12. "Voted that M'' Jon"^ Crocker, Cornelius Crock- 

er and Deacon Blish be a committee to agree with M*" 
Thos. Allyn for the trespass done to his wood lot by the 
Town through mistake and report at the next meeting." 
1771. May 6. Deacon Blish appointed grand juror. 

1740. Feby. 10. In the will of William Crocker is the follow- 

ing : "Item : I give and bequeath to my daughter Mer- 
cy Blish fifty pounds, in common paper currency, to be 
paid in six months after my decease out of my personal 
estate." 

1741. Apr. 6. Joseph Crocker's will has the following: 

"Item : I give to my two sisters, Mercy Blish and Alice 
Beals, to each of them twenty pounds." 

Deacon Joseph* Blish d. 21 June, 1780, at West Barnstable. 
His tombstone says : "In Memory of Deac'^ JOSEPH BLISH — 
He died June y^ 21=' 1780, in y*^ yy^^ year of his age." 

His wife Mercy d. Aug. 1756. Her inscription is as follows: 



44 FOURTH GENERATION. 

"Here lies buried the body of Mrs. Mercy, wife of Mr. Joseph 
Blish, Died Aug^' 1756- in y^ 50"^ year of her age." 

His will was proven and letters issued to his son Joseph,^ 1 1 
July, 17S0. 

WILL. 

In the name of God, Amen ! 

I Joseph BHsh of Barnstable in the County of Barnstable, Yeoman, 
being advanced in years and calling to mind my mortality and knowing 
that it is appointed unto all men once to die, but being now of sound and 
disposing mind and memory, do this twenty-fourth day of January, anno 
Domini, 1770, make and ordain these presents to contain my last Will and 
Testament. 

And first of all I recommend my soul into the hands of God who gave 
it and my body to the earth in decent christian burial at the discretion of my 
Executor hereafter named, hoping for the free pardon of all my sins, in 
and through the merits of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, in whom I 
believe and trust. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith God 
hath blessed me with in this life, I give and dispose of the same in the 
followmg manner and form, viz: Imprimis: My will is that all my just 
debts and funeral charges be first paid out of my personal estate, as well 
as the charges for settling my estate. 

Item : I give and bequeath to my son Joseph and to his heirs and 
assigns forever all that part of my buildings and land now in his improve- 
ment, with half of the length of that enclosure called the "Swamp pasture" 
to be set out at the southermost end thereof; and also that my piece of salt 
meadow adjoining to Bridge creek, bounded northerly and southerly by 
John Blish and easterly by the meadow formerly Deacon John Barkers ; 
also one other piece of meadow I bought of Reuben Blish's Administrator 
known by the "lower point" with one other piece of meadow I bought of 
Elisha Hinckley adjoining to the cut dock in Hamlin' pond, socalled, to- 
gether with my walking cane. 

Item : I give to my son Ebenezer, to his heirs and assigns forever all 
my other buildings in my own improvement with the land adjoining, in- 
cluding that part of the swamp pasture after his brother's part is set off 
he allowing his sister Hannah the use and improvement of the best cham- 
ber in my dwelling house and privilege in the oven and to pass and repass 
to and from said chamber and oven through the kitchen during her unmar- 
ried estate ; also all my lands called the "point field" with the meadow ad- 
joining; also one piece of high me&dow I bought of Deacon John Barker, 
known by the name of "Barker's meadow" ; also one other piece of meadow 
I bought of Benjamin Blish, he paying his brother Joseph the sum of thir- 
teen pounds, six shillings and eight pence, lawful money, within one year 
after my decease ; also I give to my said son Ebenezer one bed, bedstead 
and cord with two coverlids and two pair of sheets being equivalent to what 
I have heretofore given his brother Joseph. 

Item : I give to my daughter Hannah the use and improvement of the 
best chamber in my dwelling house and privilege in the oven and to pass 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 45 

and repass to and from said chamber and oven through the kitchen ; also 
one cord of good oak wood to be brought to the door of my dwelling 
house by each of her brothers during her unmarried state, and each of them 
pay her six pounds five shilHngs and four pence, lawful money within one 
year after my decease. I also give to my said daughter one cow which 
she shall choose, my best bed, bedstead, cord, curtain rods, and curtains, 
one Rugg, the best coverlid, one blanket, two pair of sheets, two pillows 
and cases and forty pounds lawful money out of my personal estate. 

Item : I give unto my two sons and unto their heirs and assigns for- 
ever all my real estate not particularly in this my will given unto 
them to be equally divided between them and in case I shall purchase any 
real estate after the date of this my will, then my two sons their heirs and 
assigns to enjoy the same, they and each of them paying unto their sister 
one-sixth part of the value of the purchase money. 

Also it is my will that, whereas I have two pews in the meeting house 
in the West Precinct, that my two sons divide them the same as my real es- 
tate only reserving to my said daughter a seat in the lower pew so long as 
she shall have occasion to set there. 

Item : I give to my two sons to be equally divided between them, my 
wearing apparel, husbandry tools, smith tools, stock of iron and coals 
and weaving tackling. 

Item : I give unto and my will is that whatsoever personal estate that 
I have and not particularly in this my will disposed of, be equally divided 
between my three children. Joseph, Ebenezer and Hannah. Moreover it is 
my will that if any of my children (that if either of my children) shall be 
indebted to me either on book or note at my decease, that to be reckoned as 
part and parcel of my personal estate and to be divided as my other per- 
sonal estate is to be in this my will, viz : to each one-third. 

Lastly : I constitute and appoint my son Joseph sole Executor of this 
my will, hereby disallowing and revoking all other will or wills by me 
heretofore made or done, ratifying and confirming this and no other to con- 
tain my last will and testament. 

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day 
and year above written. 

Joseph Bllsh. (L. S.) 

Witnessed by — 

Isaac Hinckley. 
Joseph Hinckley Jr. 
Abigail Hinckley Sr. 

References — Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn. Tn. Rcc, IV. Barn. Ch. 
Rec, Freeman's Cape Cod, W. Barn. Cemetery, Otis Barn. Fami- 
lies. 



46 FOURTH GENERATION. 

23. SARAH* (BLISH) HAIMLIN. 

(Joseph,-'' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

SARAH,* dtr. of Joseph^^ (5) and Hannah (Qiild) BHsh, 
was b. I Oct. 1707, at West Barnstable, JNIass. She ni. 9 Oct. 
1735, Seth Hamhn. 

CHILDREN. 
3e. MERCY HAjMLIN, b. 15 Nov. 1737. 

91. SARAH HAMLIN, b. 18 Aug. 1739. 

92. ABIGAIL HAMLIN, b. 14 Aug. 1741. 

93. SETH HAMLIN, b. 20 Aug. 1744. 

94. ALICE HAMLIN, b. 2 Aug. 1747. 

— Barn. Tn. Rec. 



27. ABRAhA:M* BLISH. 

(Abraham,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

ABRAHAM* s. of Abraham^ (8) and Temperence ("Fuller) 
Blish, was born 20 Oct. 1737, at W. Barnstable. It would appear 
from the following account, that he was never married. 

Joseph Blish, Jr. was appointed Administrator of the Estate 
of Abraham Blish, late of Barnstable, Mariner, Mar. 9, 1768. 

Inventory of the Estate of Abraham Blish, late of Barnstable, 
Mariner, deceased, taken by the subscribers, this 16"" day of March 
176S. 
his interest with his brother Elijah Blish in the 

house, barn and pew in the 'meeting-house £25 O O 

About ten acres of upland 73 10 o 

Sundry pieces of woodland 10 8 o 

Undivided with Elijah Blish 
About nine acres of salt and fresh meadow, undivid- 
ed with Elijah Blish 48 O o 



£156 18 o 



Isaac Hinckley, 
John Ezver, 
Daniel Crocker. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 47 

A portion of the lands were sold to pay debts, and the re- 
mainder divided between Elijah & Benjamin Blish, brothers and 
INIartha and Temperence, "sisters of said Abraham Blish, iMari- 
ner," Nov. 1769, from which it would appear that the others 
were not living at this time. 

References — Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn Tn. Rcc. 



28. ELIJAH* BLISH. 
(Abraham,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 



55 00 00 



ELIJAH,-' s. of Abraham'' (8) and Temperance (Fuller) Blish, 
was b. 5 Mar. 1738-9 at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 25 Jany. 
1761, Sarah Stewart. The bans were published 26 July, 1760, 
and the ceremony was performed by Nymphas Marston, Esq'. 

CHILDREN. 

105. DESIRE,' b. 28 Sept. 1761. She was m. to IVilliam Lucas, of 

Barnstable. 13 Nov. 1780, by Rev. Oakes Shaw. 

106. .A.CHS.\H,'> b. 8 Aug. 1763. 

107. ABRAHAM,' b. 22 Dec. 1765. 

108. ZEPHENIAH,= b. 18 Aug. 1768. 

Elijah Blish was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His 
name appears on several muster and pay rolls. 

"Elijah Blush, of Barnstable. Private, 6th. Co. Col. Gam- 
aliel Bradford's Regt. Continental Amiy. Pay account service 
from Jany. 16, 1777, to Apr. i. 1778." Also, "Capt, John Rus- 
sell's Co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Regt. Mustered Feby. 25, 

1777. by Jos. Otis, JMuster Master; residence Barnstable." 

Also on return of men in service on or before Aug. 15, 1777' 
dated 2 Apr. 1779. Enlisted Feby. i6th, 1777; joined Apr. 6th 
1777 ; enlisted for three years, to expire January, 17S0. Reported, 
died 28 Mch. 1778. 

1778. Dec. 16. "Voted to remit to Nath. Jenkins, Constable for 

the year 1777. * * * Elijah Blish's Town and Prov- 
ince rates. £0 13 8." 

1779. Mar. 23. "Voted to allow Dr. Samuel French's account 

for medicine and attendance on Mary Lovell and Sarah 
Blish." 
References — Barn. Tn-. Rcc. Mass. Soldiers & Sailors in the 
Revolution. 



48 FOURTH GENER.\TION. 

36. JOHN' BLISH. 

(R-^uben/ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

JOHN/ s. of Reuben-^ (9) and Eliabeth (Bodfish) Blish, was 
b. 9 Sept. 1717, at Barnstable, Mass. He m. 15 Nov. 1739, Mary, 
dtr. of Ebeneer Goodspeed, Jr. and 

CHILDREN, born in Barnstable, 
iio.+JOHN,' b. 14 Nov. 1745. 

111. MARji:,' b. 27 Feby. 1748. 

112. + STAC\7 b. 26 Mar. 1751. 

113. SAR.\H,° b. 15 Feby. 1753. m. to Prince Baxter, of Yarmouth, 

3 Dec. 177S, by Rev. Oakes Shaw. 

114. REEECCAH,' b. 14 Oct. 1756. m. to Judah Bearse, 3 Apr. 1777, 

by Rev. Oakes Shaw. 

John Blish was an active and public spirited man, and a pat- 
riot who had the courage born of convictions, all of which is 
shown by the record of his public acts. 

He was petit juryman in 1744, 1748, 1752, 1765, 
1774, and 1778. 

He was grand juryman for Barnstable, in 1755, 1762, 1767, 
1769, 1770, and 1779. 

He held the office of hogreve in 1745, 1749, 1773, 
1774 and 1780. 

He was chosen fence viewer in 1756, 1760, and 1766. 

He was Constable in 1757, 1760 "in place of James Passiful, 
(Percival?) resigned," and in 1776. 

He was tithing man in 1770, 1775, and 1781. 

Was deer-re ve in 1776. 

Was surveyor of highways in 1771, 1776, and 1777. 

1754. Dec. 17. "Remaining or stray with John Blish, crop & slit 
in y'^ left and 2 half-penneys under sid of y^ right ear." 

1761. Mar. 2. "Voted to allow Constable John Blish and Joseph 
Hallett each £5, for collecting the taxes agreeable to for- 
mer conditions with respect to constables. 

1764. Oct. 18. "A'oted to remit to Jo" Lovell's his pole tax, in 

John Blish's bills in the year 1763." 

1765. Mch. y^ 7'h. ''Voted to remit Elizabeth Smith's rate in 

John Blish's bills." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 49 

1766. Oct. 20. "\'oted to accept and allow Coll. Otis account 

for £120 for building the great bridge and that he be dis- 
charged from said sum which he has already received 
from Constables John Blish and Ebenezer Hinckley, in 
full as per his account on file." 

1767. Mch. II. "Voted that John Blish be allwed to draw out 

of the Treasury 20 shillings, in full for one years house 
rent for the French people to this day." 

1770. Jany. 8. "John Blish mark for his creatures, slit on the 
top of each ear, and he saith it has been his mark for 30 
years. 

1778. Mar.24. To take care of the common fields, John Lewis 
and John Blish. 

1780. July 31. Town Meeting, held for the purpose of raising 
this Town's quota of three months men, agreeable to the 
warrant on file. * * * Aleeting adjourned to meet 
at the house of Air. Chipman, Inholder in said Barns- 
table, 3rd day of August at 12 o'clock noon. John Blish 
on committee to notify the inhabitants to meet. 

1782. Remitted to John Blish rates for 1782. £0-3-8. 

John Blish Sr. was a Sergeant in Capt. Micah Hamlin's Co. 
in the Revolutionary War. He enlisted 17 July, 1775. Roll is 
made up to Nov. 1775. 

John Blish, Sergt. in Capt. Micah Hamlin's Co. Pay roll for 
service from Nov. ist. 1775 to Dec. 31, 61 days. (Evidently the 
same person.) 

June 25th, 1776, a meeting was called in Barnstable to consider 
whether the Town would instruct its representatives to pledge 
their lives and fortunes in support of the Continental Congress. 
About one hundred and forty were present. The times were 
troublous and a strong Tory element made itself felt. L^pon a 
vote being taken 30 voted to sustain Congress and 35 voted against 
it. The remainder present, either from fear or indecision, did not 
vote at all, r.nd the vote was declared as against the instruction. 
This occasioned much bitter feeling, and drew forth the following 
PROTEST, which, as it preceded the authentic Declaration 
might be called 

THE BARNSTABLE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. 

WE, the subscribers, inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable PRO- 
TEST against the proceedings of said Town, at their meeting held on 



50 FOURTH GENERATION. 

Tuesday, 25th. June, inst., respecting the giving of their representatives 
instructions with regard to the INDEPENDENCY of the Colonies, 
as was recommended to the several towns in this Colony by way- of a Re- 
solve fiom the House of Representatives; And as a vote was put in 
said meeting to know whether the Town would proceed to give any in- 
structions to their representatives, agreeably to the aforesaid recommen- 
dations, if/iiV/i was carried in the negative; And judging it to be our duty 
to protest against such vote, we do it for the following reasons : — We 
think such a measure as proposed in said resolve to be the most salutary 
that can be gone into for the safety and well being of the Colonies un- 
der our oppressed situation ; and it is the duty of every individual to 
give his voice in favor of the aforesaid recommendation, in case the hon- 
orable Cont. Congress see cause to declare these Colonies entirely inde- 
pendent. WE are ready and willing to stand by such a declaration, if it 
shall take place, to the uttermost of our power, with our lives and es- 
tates ; And being very unwilling that the aforesaid Vote be passed over 
in silence for fear of offending our own consciences in being thought to 
acquiesce in so strange a vote of the town, and of offending our Country- 
men and Bretheren in other towns, who may go into contrary measures ; 
entirely abhorring any principles but what are for the good of the Unit- 
ed Colonies of America, and detesting those arguments brought by 
some men at said meeting to dissuade the people from complying with 
the said recommendation ; We take this method of letting the public 
know our dissent from the aforesaid proceedings of the town, having no 
other way to make our sentiments known. And we request that this 
Protest may be entered in the Town Book, to let posterity know that 
there were a few in this Town who dared to stand forth in favor of 
an injured and oppressed Country, treated with every species of wick- 
edness used by tyrrany to enslave mankind, and that it is a matter of 
great grief to us that the CAUSE OF LIBERTY is treated with such 
indignity by some of the inhabitants of the Town of Barnstable. 

Barnstable, June 26.1776. 

Joseph Otis, Zachcu^ Hoivhmd. Freeman Parker, 

David Smith, Nathaniel Howland, Jonathan Hallett, 

Benoni Crocker, John Russell, Thomas Annable, 

Joseph Jenkins, John Crocker Jr. Job Howland, 

Ebeneser Lothrop, Cornelius Lovell, John Btish, 

Charles Conant, Benjamin Smith, Joseph Smith, 

Nathan Bassett. James Davis, Binney Parker, 

Seth Laihrop, Edmund Hawes, 

References — Barn. Tn. Rcc, Otis' Barn. Families, Freman's 
Cape Cod, Mass. Sold. & Sailors in the Rev. 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 51 

37. SILAS* BLISH. 

(Reuben,^ Joseph,- Abraliani.') 

SILAS,-* s. of Reuben^ (9) and Elizabeth (Bodfish) BUsli, 
was b. 8 Apr. 1719, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. ]\Iercy To- 
bey. The bans were published 14 Aug. 1747. 

CHILDREN, born at West Barnstable. 

122. REBEKAH," b. 4. Jany. 1748. Bap. Jany. 25. 

123. ABIGAIL,' b. 30 Apr. 1751. Bap. June 2. m. to John Phinney, 

by Rev. Oakes Shaw, 18 Sept. 1773. 

124. MERCY,' b. 17 Aug. 1753. Bap. Sep. 30. probably died young. 
125+SILAS,' b. 25 July 1756. Bap Aug. i. 

lad + ELISHA," b. 3 Dec. 1758. Bap. 15 Jany. 1759. 
127. MERCY,' (2nd) b. 14 Mar. 1762. Bap. 18 Apr. m. to Caleb 
Perry, 3 June 1790, by Rev. Oakes Shavk". 

It appears from some of the records, that Silas Blish lived for 
a time at Falmouth, though he died in Barnstable. 

He was petit juror in 1765 & 1771, and grand juror in 1769. 
Was "sealer of leather" in 1770, 1771, & 1772. 

1766. Was one of the wardens. 

1769. Mar. 17. "Voted to remit to Silas Blish, Constable for the 

year 1767, Nathan Bodfish, son of Solomon, his pole 

tax." 

It would appear from the following extract from the ChurcH 
records, that Silas strayed from the fold for a time. 

"To Bro. John Enor and Silas Blish and likewise Mary Lov- 
ell:— 

Whereas you have for several months past, m a disorderly and 
irregular manner, withdrawn yourselves from y^ communion of 
this Chh and joined with those who are led under the domination 
of their scandalous immortality, and much pains has been taken 
with you to bring you to a sense of your error, yet all to no pur- 
pose ; now we apprehend ourselves bound, under faithfulness to 
Qirist, our Master, and to your souls, to signify to you that we 
look upon you to have violated your solemn covenant, bonds and 
engagem'^ and to have gone contrary to that gospel rule I Cor. V- 
II : We do therefore in y^ name of Christ admonish you to repent 
of your sin and error and to return to your duty, and we pray God 



52 FOURTH GENERATION. 

to give you a sight of sense of your sin and repentance for it ; and 
till such time as you manifest tokens of repentance, you are to look 
upon yourself as suspended from communion with us in special 
ordinances. 

Nov. 15, 1750. Jonathan Russell, Pastor. 

W"' y<= vote and consent of y^ Chh." 

Silas Blish died in 1772. Administration was granted to Mer- 
cy Blish on the estate of Silas Blish, Cordwainer, 31 Dec. 1772. 

INVENTORY— Estate of Silas Blish, of Barnstable, Cordwainer, 
taken ig Feby. 1773. 
His purse £5. igs. 4d. Security for money due him 

£15- U- o £21—12—4 

His wearing apparel 6—0 — o Cattle, sheep & swine, 24. 16. 30 — 16 — 

Cart & wheels, sled & Cheep & pins 80/ one axe 4/ 4 — 4 — o 

One bed.bedstead & furniture, lower room 8 — — o 

One bed, bedstead & furniture in the chamber 5 — 6 — 8 

Rakes, shovels, sive, cradle 6/ looms & tackling 26/8 i — 12 — 8 

Five chairs in the chamber 17/4 three chests 11/ two look- 
ing glasses 4/8 I— 13 — 

Two Sythes 6/ Shoemaker seat, lasts & tools 24/ i — 10 — o 

One case of Draws 48/ one desk 36/ 4 — 4 — o 

One round table 10/ Small D° 3/ case & bottles 6/ V2 Doz. D" 

2/ I — I — 

One, square table 10/ 4 knives & forks 3/ Iron Crow 6/, 

Yoakes & chains 6/ I — j — 4 

Gun & Sword 20/ Geers, collar & hames 8/ Cart rope 2/ 

hose 2/ I— 12 — o 

Saddle, bridle & pillion 4/ Trundelbedstead 5/4 o — g — 4 

Sheets, tablecloths and napkins . . .- 2 — 13 — 4 

Twelve chairs in the lower room 15/ Scales & weights 5/ i— 0—0 

Joynt stool 1/ Box iron heaters & grate 4/ flatirons 3/ — 8 — o 

Pots, Kettles & trammels 54/ p"" steelyards 3/ 2 — 17 — o 

Casks & half bushel 2/ Warming pan 6/S o — 8 — 8 

Crane, tongs, & slice, hand irons o — 10 — 8 

Pewter, earthen and wooden ware 2 — 0—0 

Bible and other books o — 6 — o 

Sugar boxes. Castor, table glass & stone ware o — 8 — o 

Housing, land, meadow & woodland 156 — 13 — 4 

£250 — II — 04 
Barnstable Feb. 19. 1773. 
Approved March 6, 1773. 

Dower was assigned to the wiow Mercy Blish, Dec 14, 1773. 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 53 

Account of Mercy Blish, Admr. 

Received £98-9-2 

Due Administrator 62-0-0 

£160-9-2 

Paid out 160-9-2 

her 
Sig:ned, Mercy X Blish. 

mark 
Approved Apr. 8, 1773. 

1770. Apr. 8. "Alercy Blish dismissed from Falmouth and ad- 
mitted here." 

1778. Mar. 24. "\'oted to remit to Thomas Crocker, Constable 
for the year 1775, Widow Mercy Blish, a son overrated 
£0-6-8." 

1783. Oct. 16. "Voted to allow Mrs. Mercy Blish's account for 
nursing wid" Swinington and providing for her children 
5 weeks, as on file, £2-10-0." 

1786. Mar. 9. "Voted to allow w"^ Mercy Blish 5/4 for sund- 
ries supplved wid" Swinington when sick, as per account 
on file." 

References — Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn. Tn. Rcc, W. Barn. Ch. 
Rec, Otis' Bar)i. Families. 



38. REUBEN^ BLISH. Jr. 

(Reuben,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

REUBEN* s. of Reuben'' (9) and Elizabeth (Bodfish) Blish, 
was b. 6 Feby. 1721, at West Barnstable, Mass. The bans for his 
marriage were published 13 Apr. and he m. 21 May 1747, Ruth 
Childs, of Barnstable. 

CHILDREN. 
128. REUBEN,'' b. 21 Oct. 1747. He would be a minor at the time of 
his father's death, but is not mentioned, and probably died 
young. 



54 FOURTH GENERATION. 

129. DAVID,'' b. II May 1749. d. before 10 Nov. 1772. 
130.+THOMAS,' b. 21 July 1751. 

131. ELIZABETH,' b. 19 Oct. 1755. m. Richard Creech. 

132. SUSANNA,' b. before 7 Oct. 1760. Was m. to Isaac Croivell, o£ 

Yarmouth, zy Nov. 1784, by Rev. Gideon Hawley. 

1747. Mar. 10. "Rueben Blish his mark is a slit in each ear 

and a half penny under y^ left ear." 
1750. Reuben Blish was chosen hog reve, and again in 1757 and 

1758. 
1760. Mar. 5 "Voted to remit to Constable Ebenezer Crocker 
the sum of £1-5-8, being Reuben Blish's Province, County 
and Town rate." 

Reuben^ Blish d. about Oct. i, 1760, at W. Barnstable, and 
John Blish was appointed administrator of his estate 7 Oct. 1760. 

INVENTORY & Appraisement of Estate of Reuben Blish. Yeoman 
deed. 

His Apparrel and Armour £ 4 — 2 — o 

House, land, woodlot and meadow 200 — 16 — o 

2 cows, 8 sheep, 3 swine, i horse & tackling 17 — 8 — ^4 

Husbandry Tackling, £4 — 11 — 5, 15 bushels of corn £2 — 5 6 — 16 — 5 

I Bed & furniture £4, One ditto £3 — 14 — 8 7—14 — 8 

chists, £2, one bedstid & Cord 8/ books 4/ 2 — 12 — o 

Linning £2 — 9, Two Tables & tablecloth 9/ 2 — 18 — O 

Nine chairs 18/ looking glass 6/ Iron ware £1 — 10 2 — 14 — O 

Warming pan, box, iron trammels, slice & tongs I — 09 — O 

Puter, wooden ware, earthen ware, i — 06 — o 

Wheels, Real, meal bags, troff & sives o — 12 — 6 

Teapot & dishes 5/ 6 load of hay £4 4 — 5 — o 

Looms & tackling 2 — 5 — 2 

£254 — 19 — 01 
Barnstable Nov. 6" 1760. 

Joseph Blish. 
Ebenezer Hamblen. 
Samuel Parker. 
Sworn to and approved, Dec. 4th 1760. 

Sylvanus Bourn, Judge. 

David, Elizabeth, Thomas and Susanna were all baptized, 7 
Aug. 17G3. 

"Widow Ruth Blish united with the church 7 July 1763." 
Ruth Blish was appointed Guardian of David, Thomas, Eliza- 
beth and Susanna, '.ninor children of Reuben Blish, of Barnstable, 
Yeoman, deceased, 7 Oct. 1760, but died about 15 Feby. 1764, 
when John Blish was appointed in her stead. 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 55 

Later, 24 Alar. 1773, Joseph Blish Jr. was made Guardian 
of Susanna, the others presumably being of age. 

Another Inventory was made in 1772, as follows :- 
Inventory of the real estate of Reuben Blish, late of Barn- 
stable, deceased, taken by us, the subscribers this 2'^ day of Novem- 
ber, 1772. 

The house and the upper land £46-0-0 

The point field and marsh 60-O-O 

The woodlot 16-12-0 



, .... £122-12-0 

Jonathan Crocker. 
Joseph Blish, Jr. 
Daniel Carpenter. 

The court ordered all the above described lands to be set off 
to Thomas Blish, only surviving son of Reuben Blish, deceased, 
upon the following terms : 

First : he is to pay all costs and charges amounting to £2-12^-0 
then to pay his sister Susannah Blish, a minor, £40, he also having 
paid his other sister Elizabeth Creech, the sum of £40, for her full 
share and proportion. 

Nov. 10" 1772. 

James Otis, Judge. 

Joseph Oiilds was appointed Admr. of the Estate of Ruth 
Blish, widow. Mar. 16," 1764. 

He reports ilar. 11, 1773. 

Receipts £21-5-9 

Paid out 21-5-9 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec., Barn. Prob. Rec. 



42. BENJAMIN^ BLISH. 
(Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

BENJAMIN,* s. of Tristram^ and Anne (Fuller) Blish. was 
t. iG June, 1718, at West Barnstable, Mass; m. 3 May, 1744. at 
Colchester, Conn., to Mary, dtr. of John and Ruth (Loomis) Ad- 
ams; she was b. 9 July 1726 at Colchester, Conn. 



56 



FOURTH GENERATION. 



133. JEREMIAH," b. 12 Aug. 1745. 

134. DANIEL," b. 17 Dec. 1747. d. 21 July 1752. 

135. RACHEL,' b. 12 Mar. 1749. d. 27 July 1752. 

136. ANNAH," b. 30 Aug. 1751. d. Oct. 1752. 

137. + BENJAMIN,' b. II Feby. 1753. 

The fearful mortality in this family, in 1752, would indicate 
some deadly epidemic. It is current tradition in Colchester, that 
there was a "plague," whatever that may mean, that year. 

2 Mar. 1746. "Benj" Blush and Mary, his wife, were receiv- 
ed in the covenant." 

Benjamin Blish d. 21 Aug. 1752, at the age of 34, and Mary 
Blish and Joseph Kneland were appointed administrators of his 
estate in Jany. 1753. 

Mary Blish was appointed guardian of Jeremiah and Benja- 
min Blish, minors, Jany. 1754. 



INVENTORY of the Estate of Benjamin Blish. "We the subscribers, 
being desired to apprise y"= Estate of Benjamin Blish late of Colchester, 
Deceased, did on the 22nd day of Septemr (old stile) A. D., 1752, apprised 
all the sd Estate presented to us, being under oath as ye law directs. 

IMP.s paper bills£i — 2 Coat & Comblet, Jackit, both 

£24 £25 — 2 — 00 

old great coat 30/ old blue coat 10/ leather briches 40/ 4 — 00 — 00 

old briches & trouzes 16/ 2 old shirts 16/ I shirt 16/ 2 — 08 — 00 

shoe buckles, knee buckles & sieve buttons 1 — 2 — 00 

a silver buckle 25/ 2 bands 12/ hat & mittens, all 70/ 5 — 7 — 00 

I felt hat 15/ 2 pr old shoes 30/ 4 p"" old stockins 50/ . .. 4 — 15 — 00 

1 cap 10/ p'' of garters 3/ 2 ps worsted cloth 40/ 2 — 13 — 00 

high i)ed & sted cord, curtain & valcnts, 2 coverlids, 2 sheets 

all as it stands 40 — 00 — 00 

trundle bed, cord &. sted, coverlid, mat, bolster and all to it . 15 — 00 — 00 

a bed, old coverlid & sheet all as it now is 10 — 00 — 00 

old chest 10/ chest 30/ meal trough 10/ 2 — 10 — 00 

chest of drawers £5, table 15/ 6 sheets old & new £8 13 — 15 — 00 

2 pillow cases 10/ 2 old table cloaths 10/ 5 old towells 14/ . . . i — 14 — 00 

2 yds drugget 30/ 2 old pilliws 12/ corn baskit 8/ 2 — 10 — 00 

2 powderhorns, powder & shot all 14/ old gun £5 S — 14 — 00 

2 old s-okles s/, old brass kettle £5, 2 Iron pots £2 7 — S — 00 

Iron k'^ttle & skillet 40/ frying pan & smoothing iron 23/ . 3 — 3 — 00 

p'' old spurs 4/ trammel, torgs & Reel, all £2 — 10 2 — 14 — 00 

14% lb. sheeps wool £6 — 10, 2 little baskets 5/ 6 — 15 — 00 

syth & tackling 50/ grinding stone 20/ 3 — 10 — 00 

51b. worsted £3 — 10. 2 harriers axes £2 — 10 6 — 00 — 00 

33115 tarpetwool & pinions 40/ old Dutch wheel 40/ 4 — 00 — 00 

Great wheel 20^ old Drisacks in y« chamber, trough & riddle 

40/ 3 — 00 — 00 



BLISH GENEALOGY 



57 



old iron, all 15/ 3pr cards 35/ stilyards, chopping knife, pot 

fork 25/ 3—15—00 

Razor flegnis & ink horn 15/ sugar box 1/6 qt cup 9/6 .... i — 06 — 00 

2 old sives 10/ 24 run of linen & tow yarn £5 5 — 10 — 00 

7 charos 40/ 2 I'lLles 30/ other books, all 15/ 4 — 5 — 00 

hour glass & candlestick 14/ looking glass 20/ i — 14 — 00 

long Baskit 4/ meat barrel, 7 old tubs & barrel, all £2 — 13 . 2 — 17 — 00 

3 great puter platters £5 — 5, 6 plates at £2 — 10 7 — 15 — 00 

Puter Bason 15/ pint bason & porringer 8/ i — 3 — 00 

bigest puter Bason 18/ D^ spoons 12/ i — 10 — 00 

all ye earthen ware £2 — 10, 3 glass bottles & tin funnel 16/ 3 — 6 — 00 

6 vials 7/ 6 wooden Bottles, can, tray and dish 16/ i — 3 — ■ 6 

mortar, sugar box & all 7/ 7 old trenchers 7/ — 14 — 00 

7 old knives, 3 old forks, all 10/ i Hammar 5/ o — 15 — 00 

Shoe makers tools, jacks, awls and all 50/ 30 old lasts 30/ - . 4 — 00 — 00 

y<^ Bench & 4pr heels, all 9/ old iron 7/ wax & tar at 4 p" . i — 00 — 00 

S cow bells & tacklin, all 3 — 10 — 00 

8 load of hay £40, i mare £80, 120 — oo — 00 

16 sheep £20, a yoke of oxen £70, 3 cows £60 150 — 00 — 00 

Saddle & Bridle & whip £10, old plow irons £2 — 16 12 — 16 — 00 

Horse traces £2 — 10, yoke irons & boos £2 4 — 10 — 00 

2 Swine £15, a shave 10/ pillow Cloath & pillow £3 ... 18 — 10 — 00 
a Fork & 2 Rakes 14/ 3 old Baggs 15/ I — ■ 9 — 00 

3 acres of Indian corn, on ye land as it stands at 15 bushels 

an acre, all 45 bushels @ 15/ p'' bushel 33 — 15 — 00 

a stack of wheat & 1 1 bushels 20 — 00 — 00 

a stack of oats @ £ 10, a stack of £28 38 — 00 — 00 

ye Farm & appurtenances @ 1000 — 00 — 00 

7% yd' plain Cloath £ 16 — 17 — 6 16 — 17 — 6 

% Hetchel & burning iron o — 1 1 — O 

5 Swine £3 — 10 2 Skins 40/ oak boards £8 13^10 — 00 

£1646 — 9 — 00 

Old plow on the place I — i — 00 

Added by ye Administrator i — i — 00 



£1648 — II — 00 
Court 01 Probate: ss, Colchester Jany 2 1753. 

This Inventory was exhibited by ye Adm^ under oath as ye law directs. 



Test. Thomas Adams, Clerke. 



Samuel Brown. 
David Adams. 



It would appear from the foregoing inventory that Benjamin 
Blish was a shoe maker by trade. 

"At the Court of Probate held in Colchester, Jany. 3<^, A. D. 
1754, Present: Joseph Spencer, Esq"" Judge. 

Appeared Mary Blish & Joseph Kneland, Adm" of the Estate 
of Benj" Blish, Deed. & Exhib"^ acct of the debts due from s'' Dec'^s 



58 FOURTH GENERATION. 

estate and pay'^ by them amounting to the sum of £205- 16-11, old 
Ten"' w'''' was allowed." 

References — Colcli. Tn. Rcc, Colch. Prob. Rec, and West- 
chester Ch. Rec. 



44. SYLVANUS^ BLISH. 

( Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

SYLVANUS* s. of Tristranr' (14) and Anne (Fuller) Blish, 
was b. 13 Oct. 1/21 at Barnstable, Mass. He m. i Nov. 
1751, Esther Way. 

CHILDREN, born at Colchester, Conn. 

138. RACHEU, b. 22 Nov. 1752. Bap. June, 1752. m 

Smith. 

139. ESTHER^ b. 22 Jany. 1755. Bap. Oct. 1755. m 

Fulh-. 

140. DANIEL',* b. 17 Dec. 1757. Bap. May 1757. 
I4i.+EZRA°, b. 16 Apr. 1759. Bap. May 1759. 

142. ASA,°** b. 9 July 1761. Bap. Aug. 1761. 

143- REUBEN.' b. i Oct. 1763 Bap 1763. 

I44.+SILAS,' b , 1765, Bap. Ma", 1765. 

145. MARY,' b bap. Feb. 1767. 

146+ABRAHAM', b 1769. Bap 1769. 

147. EDITHA.' b Bap. Mar. 1773. m 

Harrington. 

148. GRACE.' b Bap. Oct. 1775, m 

Corning. 

1745. Sept. 8. Sylvanus Blush made a confession before the 
Church for defaming Sybell Carrier, by spreading a dis- 
creditable report concerning her and was restored to full 
communion. 

Sylvanus Blish was surveyor of highways in 1759, '^7^5' 
1772, 1774. and 1777. 

Was admitted as a freeman in 1761, Sept. 15. 



*Daniel Blish enlisted from Colchester, 23 July 1777. for three years, 
in Capt. Gamaliel Painter's Company, war of the Revolution. 

**Asa Blish enlisted in Col. S. B. Webb's Regt. 23 July, 1780, and was 
discharged 17 Dec. 1780. 



BLISH GENEALOGY SS> 

1762. Dec. 14. "\'oted that Sylvanus Blish shall have out of the 
Town money 15 shillings for plank he found for a bridge 
at Malbury." ( Marlborough. ) 

1774 and 1776 he was one of the "sealers of leather." 

1774. Dec. 28. "Voted that the Town approve the doings of the 
Continental Congress at Philadelphia on the 5th. of Sept. 
last, and to adopt the plan of Association and corres- 
pondence therein recommended." A committee of in- 
spection was appointed, agreeable to the eleventh Article 
of s'' Association. John Watrous and Peter Bulkley, 
Esqrs., Silvanus Blish and twelve others were appointed. 
"Voted that there be a second collection in this Town for 
the relief of our oppressed Bretheren the Inhabitants of 
Boston." 

1777. Sept. 16. In open Freeman's Meeting, many persons took 
the oath of fidelity to the State of Connecticut and the 
freeman's oath, as enacted by the General Assembly of 
said State held the second Thursday in May, 1777." 
Silvanus Blish's name appears in the list. 

Silvanus and Esther Blish are frequently mentioned in the 
Marlboro' church records. He and his brother David (49) seem 
to have been chasing each other down the pages of the baptismal 
register from 1752 to 1775, twenty children having been baptized 
in that time. 

Sylvanus Blish d. 1 1 Oct. 1785, and his son Ezra was appoint- 
ed Administrators of his estate. 

An INVENTORY of the real and personal estate of Silvanus Blish, 
late of Colchester, deceased ; apprized by us the subscribers, sworn as the 
law directs November the ninth day 1785. 

a blue plain Cloth Coat 8/ westcoat 3/ Cordroy Britches 11/ £ I — 2 — O 

a brown coat 7/ westcoat 3/ blue great coat 6/ £ o — 16 — 

old striped linen coat, westcoat & trouzers 8/ Castor hat 3/ — 11 — o 
old Bever Hat 2/ blue stockings 3/ 2 pr old stockings 1/ Hn" 

d° 2/ 0—8—0 

Pr shoes 4/ Silver Buckles 8/ Pr Silver Buttons 1/6 0—13^ 6 

Pr old Britches S^ 2 woolen Shirts 4/ old linen d" 6d — 5 — 2 

Pockethandkerchief /6d old Boots & Straps 3/ old Bible 6/ 

sm' d° 8d o— 10— 2 

old pimphlets 1/ Small Account Book 2/ Raizor A^ o — 3 — * 

Bed, underbed, bolster, 2 pillows, 2 pare of sheets, bedstead, 

& cord, all wool black & blue & white coverlid, 

brown & blue do black & white checked blanket. 



6o FOURTH GENERATION. 

head sheet, vallance & Tester & mat, all in ye 

room, all 4 — i^ — 

Bed, imderbed, bolster, 2 blankets, cord, mat head sheet 

vallance 2 — — o 

2 old linen sheets i/ 2 diaper Table Cloths 3/ 2 pillowcases 2/ o — 7 — o 

1 Tluckebuck Towel 1/6, four old Towels 1/6 old Table 

cloth 1/ o— 4—00 

Old Chest, 2 Draws 6/ Table 1/ Handsaw 2/ 5 old Skil- 
lets 1/ o— ID— o 

Hamer & Gimblet 1/ Teapot 3/ Quart Cup 2/6 o — 6 — 6 

Old Iron 5/, 18 pounds pewter 22/6, Tin turmel /(A, 4 punch 

bottles 1/4 I — g — 4 

Square Bottle & lound snuff d" i/2,d Looking Glass 2/ .... — 3 — 2 
A set of Tea Dishes 2/ Punch Bowl & Beker Glass 1/3 3 

milk pans 3/ — 6—3 

Six Bowls & Dishes 2/iod, Spice Mortar 8d 6 wooden Plates 

/6d, Churn 3/ 0_ j,_ o 

Gallon Bottle & Quart d" 2/ 2 Pails 2/ Hand Pails /6d Dietub 

1/ Butf Tub 1/6 0—7—0 

3 Tub., .\/. 15 old bbls— 15/ 2 Meet bbls 4/ Pickle Tub 1/ i— 4— o 
Vinegar Kegg 1/ 5 old hhd^ 15/ Sundry hollow Tubs & Vz 

hhds 2/3 0—18— 3 

Bread Trough 3/ Trundle bedstead 5/ Salt Box /3d corn 

Basket 1/3, ^2 Bush' 1/ 0—10—6 

Riddle sieve 1/3 4 old sacking Bags 2/, Sheepskin /S^ old 

Saddle 2/ u — 5 — i \ 

Iron & Leather of old side Saddle 5/ old pillion & cloth 2/6 

Saddle bags 6/ o — 13 — 6 

Bridle 4/ Iron Trammel 4/ 4 old Scythes 2/ old Plow irons 

5/ 4 old chizels 1/ o — 16 — 

2 Iron Wedges 2/ Ox yokes 1/ Crobar 10/ 3 old chairs 12/ i — 5 — o 
Horse chains 3/ 3 caps & pins 3/ 9 Iron harrow teeth 19/ 

2 old Axes 2/ I — 7 — o 

Brass Kittle 16/ Iron d° 5/ Iron d° cracked 1/6 Skillet 1/6 i— 4— o 
Iron tea Kittle 4/6, d° Basin 2/ Steelyards 4/ Frying pan /ed o— 11— o 
Broken Iron Pot 2/ Slice & Tongs 5/2 Candlestick /6 Grid- 
iron 3/ 0— 10— 6 

Horse Coler 2/ Great wheel & Spindle 3/ Great wheel 1/ 

Foot d° 4/ 0— lo— 

14 Runs woolen yarn 14/ 3% wool 5/ o — 19 — o 

Nine knives & forks 3/ Cheese strainer /(A Stone jug 2/ 

Brass Scimer 1/ — 6 — 6 

Sheers 1/ Sheep Shears 1/ Spectacles 1/ Cannister /6<i Grater 

4<^ 0—4—0 

Old Mare £7. Sucking Colt £2—10 Young Mare £6—10 16— o— o 
Two two year old steers £8 — 10 Black cow £3 whitefaced 

cow £3, Heifer calf 18/ 15- 8— o 

2 Shotes 13/4, 3 small swine fatting £2-15 3—8—4 

9 old chairs 10/ 4 bushels Potaties 6/ Grindstone 4/ i— o— o 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 6i 

6 bushes Turnips 4/ One bush' & % white beans 5/ 0— 9 — 

£62—15— I 

7lb Tallow 3/6 9 tuns Hay £n, Cheese 331b 8/4 11 — 11 — 10 

Two-thirds of 130 acres land, house & barn £240, Corn in ye 

ear 4/ 240 — 4 — o 

Two V2 bbls Cider 12/ 2old bbls at McCalls 2/ 0—14— o 

3 Shilling State money equal to 1/9 Silver o — I — 9 

2 Soldier notes. £6 — 18 — 10 each, equal to £5 — 8 Silver .■- 5 — 8 — 

2 Old Hoes /4'J 3 pitchforks 3/ Old Cart irons on ye cart 50/ 2 — 13 — 4 

£323— 8— 
Court of Probate, East Haddam, Nov 21st 17S5. then 
this inventory was exhibited in Court by ye Adm'' under 
oath and is accepted and ordered to be recorded. 

David Bigelow, 
David Blish. 
Appraisers Sworn. 

1786. Feb. 7. £14 — 19 — II set off to Widow of Sylvanus Blisn out of 
the "moveable estate of said deceased.'' 

1785. Dec. 6 Mary Blish a minor and Abraham Blish. a minor appeared 
and chose Mr. Daniel Judd to be their guardian ; all of Colchester. 

At sd court Mr. David Blish was appointed guardian to to Silas Blish. 
Editha Blish and Grace Blish, all of Colchester. 

At sd court Ezra Blish, Adm^ on ye estate of Silvanus Blish, Dec^ 
late of Colchester, appeared and prayed that some proper persons may be 
appointed to assist the guardians of the minors of sd deed in dividing a cer- 
tain tract of land lying in common between Asa Blish and the rest of the 
heirs to s^ Deed ; thereupon this Court appointed Mr. Jabez Wheldon and 
David Bigelow. Ju'', both of Glastonbury, to assist ye Guardians with ye 
estate of ye heirs in dividing sd estate according to law. 

At sd Court Ezra Blish, Admr on ye estate of Silvanus Blish deed * * 
* prayed this court limit and appoint a time for ye creditors to sd es- 
tate to bring in their ace's or demands against sd estate; thereupon the court 
allows eight months from this date. * * * and those who refuse or 
neglect to exhibit them by said time are afterwards debarred collecting 
the same by law ; and that said Adm^ give notice by advertising in 
Hartford or New London newspaper, and setting up ye same on ye sign 
post in sd Colchester. 
1804. July 23. 

Upon motion of Abraham Blish one of the heirs to the Estate of Sil- 
vanus Blish, deed sd court appointed Messrs. Israel Foot Esq. Elisha Buel 
& Samuel Brown to distribute that part of the Estate which was distribut- 
ed to the widow of sd deed for her improvement during life. 
1804. Sept. II. 

The commissioners reported the dividing that part of the Estate "that 
did belong to Silvanus Blish * * * that was set out to his honored 
wife Esther Blish." 



62 FOURTH GENERATION. 

Lands set out to Ezra Blish, oldest son $31 34, 

Abraham Blish, son 30 67 

Polly Blish, daughter 30 67 

Rachel Smith, daughter 30 67 

Esther Fuller, daughter 30 67 

Reuben Blish, son 30 67 

Silas Blish, son 30 67 

Editha Harrington, daughter 30 67 

Grace Corning, daughter 30 67 

Dated Aug. 22, 1804. 

References — Colch. Tii. Rcc, Colch. Prob. Rec, Marlboro 
Ch. Rcc, U'estchester Ch. Rcc. 

MARLBOROUGH. 

The Town of jNIarlboroiigh was organized in 1803, from parts 
of Colchester, Hebron, and Glastonbury, three Towns which be- 
longed to three different Counties. The Marlboro' Qiurch re- 
cords, however, antedate the Town organization. 



46. JOHN'' BLISH. 
(Tristram,'* Joseph," Abraham.^ 

JOHN,-" s. of Tristram' (14) and Anne (Fuller) Blish, wasb. 

1727, at Colchester, Conn. He m. (i) AbigaiJ 

, 1754- 

CHILDREN. 
149... SUSANNA," b. 2 Mar. 1755. 
iSa-t-REUBEN," b. 16 Jany. 1757. 

151. ABIGAIL,' b m. Asa Fuller, 22 Sept. 1777 

152. FREDERICK," b 

153. DANIEL." b 

154. JOHN," (?) b. about 1762. d. 8 Oct. 1786, age 24. 

155. JOSEPH," (?) b. about 1766, d. 30 Oct. 1791, age 25. 

IS6.-I-LOIS," b m. Joseph Isham, 28 Sept. 1790. 

157. EUNICE," b m. Uriah Carrier. 

Abig'ail. w. of John-* Blish d. 30 June 1777, and he m. (2) 
according to the Qiurch records, 30 Nov. 1777, widow Ann Loom- 
is, of Colchester. ; 



BLISH GENEALOGY 63 

The Gardner Genealogy states that John'' Bhsh m. 31 Aug. 
1784, Sarah cltr. of WiUiam and Esther (Denison) Gardner, of 
Stonington, Conn. She was b. 28 Dec. 1763. 

CHILD, of this marriage. 
158.+JOHN DENISON,' b Feby. 1786, at Colchester, Conn. 

1756. Sept. 21. John Blish was admitted as a freeman. 

1755. Alar. 2. John Blush and Abigail, his wife, confessed to 

the breach of several covenants and that they were guilty 

of fornication, and were restored to their former charity. 

Mar. John Blush and Abigail his wife were received in 

the covenant. 

(It may be asked how a man and his wife could be guilty of the of- 
fense named. Whenever a couple anticipated their marital privil- 
eges, they were compelled to confess their fault before the congre- 
gration and judging by the frequency of these confessions and 
the ease with which they were "restored to the former char- 
ity," the offense does not seem to have been regarded as very 
serious. The publication of bans months before marriage was 
largely the cause of this infraction of the commandments.) 

1759 and 1765. John Blish was tithingman for Westchester. 
1777. He was surveyor of highways, and again in 1780. 
1777. Sept. 16. Took the oath of fidelity to the State of Connec- 
ticut. 

1779. Dec. 13. "Voted to appoint a committee to remove en- 

croachments on highways ; John Blish was one." 

1780. Nov. 14. "Voted to appoint a committee to procure pro- 

visions for the Continental Army. Capt. Eliphalet Bulk- 
ley, Messrs. John Blish, Henry Dealing, and John Henry 
chosen such committee. Capt. Joseph I sham was ap- 
pointed to receive and pack said provisions, forward the 
same and make return." 
1780. Dec. 18. "Voted that every person that shall deliver In- 
dian corn at 4^ p"" bushel, Rie flower at 16^ p"' C weight, 
wheat flower at 24^ p'' C weight, to y* amount of i^^ on 
y^ pound on their several lists for y^ year 1780, shall be 
, < allowed for y"^ li per cent paid in grain and flower, as 
afors'' 4'' on y'= pound on y^ tax this day laid on y* in- 
habitants of this town, for y^ purpose of raising grain 
&c., s'^ corn and flower to be delivered to Mess''^ Pierpont 



64 FOURTH GENERATION. 

Bacon, John Blish, Dudley Wright and Asa Foot, by y« 

first day of Alarch next." 

"Voted to choose Gad Worthington in y^ room of John 

BHsh, one of y"= committee to receive in provisions for y« 

publick." 
1801. Mar. 6. Reuben BHsh took his deceased father's ear mark, 

which is a sHt in the left ear and a half crop on the under 

side of the right ear. 
John Blish died about 1800. His son Reuben was appointed 
administrator of his estate, 3 June, 1800. There is a discrepency 
as to his marriages. The Colchester deed records show that, "An- 
na Blish, of Colchester, w'' of John, leased her right of dower in 
the estate of her husband, John Blish, at a rental of |io per annum 
to Reuben Blish, he to pay the taxes. Dated i Apr. 1801. This 
is inconsistent with his marriage to Sarah Gardner, who survived 
him. There is no doubt that John Denison'' was the son of this 
John'' Blish, as is shown by a deed from John D. Blish, of Hamil- 
ton, N. Y., to John Sparrow, for "land set off to me in the estate of 
John Blish, in Colchester, Conn." 

The W'estchester Church records show his marriage, 30 Nov. 
1777, to Widow Ann Loomis, and the Gardner Genealogy is au- 
thority for his marriage with Sarah Gardner, and the undisputed 
birth of John Denison (158) confirms it, Denison being the 
maiden name of Sarah Gardner's mother. The relationship of all 
of the children to John* Blish is abundantly proven by reference 
to the deed records of Colchester. 
1784. July 9. John Blish was admitted to full communion. 

This was probably John (154), who would be 24 years 

old. 



INVENTORY of the Estate of Mr. John Blish, late of Colchester, 
deed. 
I Castor Hat i 00 i straight bodied coat 5 17, i d" chec, id" i vest 

narikeen, i d° cloth 5 18 $11 35 

1 d" white, I pr breeches i 00, i great coat 7 51, i d" vest, i p' trous- 

ers I d° I d° I 17 9 68 

2 d° 2 d° I pr stockings 3 ?"• d° 3 67 I pr d° l pr d° 4 pf i muslin Hdf 

id° $4 7 67 

I d' I pr su-^penders, i pr shoe buckles 46, i pr hose buckles i d° stock- 
buckles I p'' buttons shoes I 27 i 73 

Razor, lather box and hone, horse phlegm & curry comb 6 77 i p"" 

shoes 2/ I pr d° I pr boots, i vest 3 oi 9 78 

Feather bed and underbed, bedstead & cord & I featherbed 21 98 

I underbed, bedstead and cord, i d° 9 67 31 65 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 65 

I Bedquilt, l d° i d° 3 worsted, i d° 2 Blankets 3 d° 10 26, I d° 

check, I pr curtains & Valens, 10 pr sheets 15 25 25 51 

1 Table Cloth 4d Four Towels, i8%tt) pewter, i dish 11 04 i Clock, 

I Cupboard, i fall leaf Table, i chest, I stand 9 00 20 04 

I Case & 4 bottles, 2 junck do, I Table, i Great chair i 58 6 Chairs 

4'i, 1 Warming pan, i slice & tongs, i d" 5 09 6 67 

I p'' Steelyards, 2 Candlesticks, I p' hand irons, 2 92 3 Candlesticks, 

I Trammel, I Brass Kettle, i Iron do 4 17 7 09 

138 lb pot!"', I dish, I Bake Kettle, i Iron bason 2 65 i p"" flat irons 

1 toasting iron, I Choppin knife, case knives & forks I 18 3 84 
Tea Kettle, i Iron Skillet, i do, I Grid Iron 2 66 

1 Iron crossbar, 6 Table spoons, i crane, i Frying pan 3 08 

2 Wash Tubs, l d.° l Milk Pale, i water d," i churn i Earthen Pot S 32 
10 Earthen plates, 2 Tea pots, 3 two pint glasses, 2 d° foot i 18 

2 Earthen box 2 d° l d° niony, i set teacups & saucers o6c 10 

tea spoons, 2 Bottles, i lock, i Walking staff o 81 2 67 

5 Cider barrels, Vz hogs,d 2 meat barrels, I d° soap 3 01, i Butter 

Tub, I Canikin, i note of hand against John Jsham, 15 29 . . 18 30 
I Chest & 3 old sythes, i Syth & snath & tackling, i Gun barrel 2 09 

7 dry casks 2 Behives 2 09 

3 Rakes, i half bushel, I flax hetchel, 2 95, Meal bags, i Pair fet- 

ters. I Meal sieve, i Bread trough i 69 4 64 

3 Sickles, I Vinegar Barrel, i Salt Mortar, i moth tray, I stone jug, 

I Pudding pan. I Wooden bowl, 2 Milk pans, I 53 

I Spice Mortar, i Man Saddle, 2 Bridles, i p' plow irons 5 76 

I Grubber, i Iron dog, i Iron wedge, i Iron shovel, i Ox chain . . 3 26 
10 p"' Pillow cases, 2 50, 2 broad hoes, i Axe, i d°, i Ox yoke & 

Iron Clevy & pin, i 74 4 24 

I Pair horse-chains, i Bible & psalm book, 16 Sermons, I Pitchfork I 92 

I Horse, i Cow, 70 50 Real Estate 600 670 50 

$860 98 
1 lie within and above Inventory was inade and completed by us, the 
subscribers this 2d day of June, 1800. 

David Kilbourn Appraisers 

Noah Pomeroy under oath. 

References — Colchester, Conn. Tii. Rec, Colchester Prob. 
Rec, Colchester Ch. Rec, Westchester Ch. Rec, Colchester Deed 
Rec, and Gardner Genealogy. 



47. JOSEPH* BLISH. 
(Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

JOSEPH,* s. of Tristram' (14) and Anne (Fuller) BlisH, 
was b. I Dec. 1729, at Colchester, Conn. He m. 22 Mch. 1753, 



66 FOURTH GENERATION. 

Elizabeth, dtr. of Daniel and Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Skinner. She 
was b. 22 Mar. 1733, at Colchester, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
159. LYDIA,' b. 28 Mar. 1754. m. 12 Aug. 1772, Elihu Jones, at 
Bolton, Conn. 

i6o.+"BETSEY"'' b 1756. m. Barcillai Little 

She was probably named Elizabeth after her mother, but seems 
to always have been called Betsey. 
161. hJOSEPH,' b. 24 Jany. 1762. 
162.+OLIVER,' b. 28 Mar. 1764. 
i63.+AMASA,° b. 29 July 1766. 

164. LUCY.' b 1771- m- John Smith, in 1790 and d. 

12 Dec. 1815, Aet. 44. 
1761 Daniel Skinner of Colchester, Conn., deeded lands in Bol- 
ton, Conn., to Joseph Blish for £70. The deed concludes 
as follows :-'Tn witness whereof I have hereunto set my 
hand and seal the 25''^ day of August, in the first year of 
the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third of 
Great Britian &c. King, anno domini 1761. 

Daniel Skinner, SEAL." 
Joseph' Blish took the oath of fidelity and was Town Collector 
in Bolton, Conn., in 1771. 

He removed with his family, to Middlefield, Mass., about 
1780, at which time he sold his lands in Bolton to Joshua Pearl, 
and was one of the early settlers of that place. The Town was not 
organized until 1783, when the first Town Meeting was held. 
Most of the settlers came from Cannectictit, from the Towns of 
Bolton, Hebron and Windsor. 

In March, 1784, he was elected one of the two Wardens of the 
Town. Town Meeting was held at his house in 1785, there being 
no Town House. 

1783. Apr. 24. He was chosen one of the school committee, with 
Benjamin Blush, Timothy Macklewain and John Jones 
and they established the first public school in the Town. 
1783. Nov. 19. A highway was laid beginning between the 
lands of Benjamin Blish and Warren Mack, and touches 
the lands of Joseph Blish. 
1783. Apr. 24. "It was voted to raise £30 to support the gospel. 
Elisha Mack, James Dixon and Joseph Blush were 
chosen as a committee to procure preaching." Voted 
that the committee be paid for their own and horse ex- 
penses." He was also put on a committee to find the 
center of the Town. 



BLISH GENEALOGY . 67 

1784. July 20. "Voted to raise £30 to support preaching. Vot- 

ed to hire Mr. Timothy Woodbridge to preach 20 Sab- 
baths on Probation. Joseph Blush, Daniel Oiapman and 
Capt. David Mack, appointed committee on preaching. 

1785. May 2. £20 was voted and the same committee reappoint- 

ed "to dispose of said money." 

1786. March Meeting. "Hampshire, ss. Commonvyealth of 

Massachusetts, to Joseph Blish, Constable of the Town 
of INIiddlefield, within said County : Greeting : You are 
hereby required forthwith to warn and give notice to all 
the freeholders and other inhabitants O'f said Town of 
Middlefield, qualified to vote in public Town Meeting to 
assemble and meet at the Dwelling house of Air. Joseph 
Blish, in said Town, on Monday the 6th day of March 
next at 9 o'clock in the morning, then and there to act 
on the following articles :*»»**• 
Malaclii Loz'claitd, Samuel Ingham, 

Selectmen of Middlefield. 
In pursuance to the above Directions of the Selectmen, 
The above Described Inhabitants are hereby Notified 
to assemble at the time and place above mentioned. 
Middlefield, February 16, 1786. 

Joseph Blish, Constable." 
The location of the Meeting House was not settled until June, 
1790. Several difl:'erent sites having been proposed and consider- 
ed. The long drawn out contention over the location of this 
church, forms one of the amusing chapters in the history of the 
Town. The house was built and finished in 1791. 

The Rev. Jonathan Nash was called to preach, 2 Aug. 1792, 
being the first regular minister. This church, repaired and some- 
what remodeled, is still in use as a house of worship. The first 
meetings were held in the barn of David Mack. The names of 
Joseph Blush and Elizabeth Blush, appear on the first list of mem- 
bers. 

Joseph* Blish d. at Middlefield, Mass., 8 May 1788, and was 
buried in the old parsonage lot, east of the church. The inscrip- 
tion on his tombstone reads as follows :- 'In Memory of / Mr. Jos- 
eph Blush/who died May 8th/i788, in the 6oth/year of his age." 
His widow m. Joseph Ross, of Aliddlefield, and d. according 
to the church Record, 3 July 1822. The inscription on her tomb- 
stone is illegible as to the month, and reads:- "In Memory of 
Mrs. Elizabeth/ Relict of/ Mr. Joseph Ross/ and former wife of/ 



68 FOURTH GENERATION. '■ 

Joseph Blush/ Who died 8. 1822/ 90 year." 

Church record says she d. 3 July, 1822. 

Many of the descendents of this Joseph Blish, spell the name 
"Blush." ' 

References — Colchester Tn. Rec., Bolton Tn. Rec., Taintor's 
Colchester Rec, Middlefield, Mass., Tn. Rec. and Middleiield 
tombstones and Middleiield Ch. Rec. 



49. DAVID* BLISH. 
(Tristram,'' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

DAVID,* s. of Tristram'' (14) and Anna (Fuller) Blish, was b. 
+ 26 Oct. 1732, at Colchester, Conn. He m. about 1752, Zeruiah, 
dtr. of Dea. Nathaniel and Mary (Gillett) Skinner. She was b. 
25 June, 1730, at Colchester, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
16S.+DAVID,' b. 16 Sept. 1753. Bap. 1734. 

166. ANNA," b. 3 Sept. 1755. Bap. Oct. 1755. d. 27 Feby. 1826, age 70. 

167. ZERUIAH," b. 13 June, 1758. d. 28 June, 1788, in her 30th. year. 

168. REBECCA," b. 13 May 1760. m Chamberlain, 

and the family removed to Franklin, N. Y. 

169.+THOMAS,' b. 13 Sept. 1762. Bap. 1762. 

170. CHAUNCY," b. I Sept. 1764 Bap. Oct. 1764 d. Oct. 1782, on his 

return from carrying provisions to the army. The church rec- 
ord says "in the army. Aged 17." 

171. SAR.A.H," b. 10 Apr. 1766. m. Epaphro Blythc, and re- 
moved to N. Y. 

172.+AARON,' b. 21 Oct. 1768. Bap. Oct. 1768. 
173.+ROGER," b. 23 May 1770. Bap. 1771. 

David and Zeruiah Blish were communicants in the church at 
Marlborough in 1754 and all of their children were baptized there. 
They are frequently mentioned in the church records and were 
members all of their lives. 

The followino; entries in the Eastbury Church records show 
the atmosphere of the times. 

1776. Oct. 29. "We heard of the death of Solomon Andrews 

who died in the army at Ticonderoga, 8'^ of Oct. 1776." 

1777. Jany. 14 "We heard of the death of Ebenezer Brooks, a 

captive in New York." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 69 

I777. Jany. 18. "We heard of the death of Jonathan Strickland 
a captive in New York." 

The following entry in the Glastonbury, Conn. Town Records, 
illustrates an old custom of "livery of seizin." 

"Execution was issued on judgment of David Blish vs. Ich- 
abod W'addams, now of Pittsfield, County of Berkshire, Province 
of ]\Iass. on the first Tuesday in November, 1776. for £41-11- 
1 1. Execution dated 20th February Anno Domini 1767 and in the 
7th ygj^ Qf j-ijg ;Majesties reign. 

Geo. IVyllys, Clerk. 

1767. Mar. 21"'. "By virtue of said writ I siezed a piece of land 
which was apraised at £31-4^ I thereupon delivered the seizin 
and poscssion of said piece of land to said David Blush by turf and 
twig in full satisfaction of said sum of £3i-4s. 

Test: John Findley, Constable." 

The old English law forms were well observed in those days. 
A deed from John Waddams, of New Leljenon, County of Berk- 
shire, Provine of Mass., Bay, Admr. of the Estate of Caleb Wad- 
dams, late of Glastonbury, deceased, in consideration of £56-2-^7'', 
conveys lands in Glastonbury, Conn. The deed is dated "29 day 
of March, in the 9"' year of the reign of our sovereign Lord, 
George the third, of Great Britain. France and Ireland, King, De- 
fender of the Faith, &c. Anno Domini 1769." 

In two deeds form David Blish to Nathan Dickerson, dated I 
May 1778 and 14 Nov. 1780, the words, "The reign of our sover- 
eign Lord, King George, &c." are erased by drawing a pen through 
them. King George was persona non grata at that time. 

In all of the deeds up to this time pounds, shillings and pence 
were used in expressing the consideration, but in a deed from 
Abraham Skinner to David Blish, dated 14 Mar. 1801, the consid- 
eration is stated in dollars. 

"A list of Cap' David Miller's Co., L' Col. Obediah Hosford's 
Reg' that march'^ in Sepf 1776 to East Chester to join Gen' Wash- 
ington's Army ; * • « David Blush, Sergt." 

He was aslo a Sergeant in Capt. Rudd's Co. in Co. Chap- 
man's Regt. in the Revoutlionary War. This regiment under 
Brig. Genl. Taylor, engaged in the atempt to dislodge the British 
at New Port in Aug. 1778, and was also present at the battle of 



70 FOURTH GENERATION. 

Rhode Island. David Blush (Blish) enlisted 2 Aug. and was dis- 
charged 24 Sept. 177S. 

The only Town office he is recorded as holding is that of high- 
way surveyor, in 1794. 

David* Blish d. according to the inscription on his tombstone, 
in the Marlboro' cemetery, 26 Oct. 1817, tho' the Church record 
has it 1816. His wife Zeruiah d. 27 Jany. 1813, according to her 
inscription in the cemetery, but an old Bible record says "i Feb. 
1814, in the Ss'*^ year of her age," and the Qiurch record has the 
same date and says "age 84." 

Administration was granted on his estate to his son Roger, 10 
Feby, 181 8, which would indicate that the tombstone record is cor- 
rect. His estate was small at the time of his death, most of it hav- 
ing been previously distributed, Roger" holding the homestead in 
Marlboro.' 

References — Colch. Conn. Tn. Rec, Colch. Prob. Rec, Tain- 
tor's Colch. Rec, Colch. Deed Rec, Marlboro Tn. and Ch. Rec, 
Glastonbury Tn. Rec, Conn, in the Revolution, and Hebron, Conn. 
Tn. Rec 



50. MARY-* BLISH SKINNER. 

(Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

MARY,^ dtr. of Tristram' (14) and Anne (Fuller) Blish, 

was b. 8 Mar. 1736, at Colchester, Conn. She m Apr. 

1756, Joseph Skinner, of Colchester. 

CHILDREN. 

175. LOIS SKINNER, h July 1756. 

176. DANIEL SKINNER, b. 29 Mav, 1758. 
177- URIAH SKINNER, b. 29 Dec. 1759. 

178. MARY SKINNER, b. 3 Nov. 1761. 

179. SAMUEL SKINNER, b. 3 May 1765. 

180. RACHEL SKINNER, b. S Oct. 1770. 

Colchester Tn. Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 71 



FIFTH GENERATION. 



75. LIEUT. JOSEPH'' BLISH. 

(Joseph,* Joseph,' Joseph,' Abraham.') 

Lieut. JOSEPH,^ s. of Dea. Joseph* (21) and Mercy (Crock- 
er) Blish, was b. 20 July, 1731, at West Barnstable, Mass. Bans 
for his marriage were published 2 Apr. 1757 and he m. 19 May 
following, Sarah, dtr. of Thomas and Mehitable (Dimmick) 
Crocker. She was b. about 1733-4 at Barnstable. 

CHILDREN. 
325.-I-MERCY,' b. 4 May 1758. 

226. OLIVE,' b. 3 Jany. 1761. Bap. Mar. 1763. m. to Andrew Garrett 
by Rev. Oakes Shaw, 5 Nov. 1785. 

227. CHLOE," b. 31 May 1763. Bap. 3 July 1763. United with the 
Church, Nov. 1787. d. Sept. 1798, single. 

228.-1- ELIZABETH," b. 31 July 1765. United with the Church 11 Apr. 

1778. 
229.+JOSEPH,' b. 9 SepL 1767. Bap. Sept. 1767. 

230. EUNICE,' b Bap. 8 Apr. 1770. m. Benjamin 

Marston. 

231. TIMOTHY," Bap Dec. 1775. Another rec- 
ord says Jany. 1776. He was accidentally shot, while in the 
arms of one of his sisters, 6 June 1778. His tombstone says, "In 
memory of Timothy Blish, son of Joseph and Mrs. Sarah Blish. 
He was shot in ye head and died immediately on June ye 6th 
1778, in his 3''d year. 

Lieut. Joseph'* Blish has the most extensive record of any of 
the family in Barnstable. Owing to the fact that there are five 
Josephs in succession, it is often difficult, and sometimes impossi- 
ble, to decide which one is intended. The following seems to indi- 
cate Lieut. Joseph. 

1761. Nov. 25. Joseph Blish Jr. chosen hog-reve. 

1762. II. Mar. Southworth Hainblen chosen Constable, but 

was excused on account of his incapacity, and at his re- 
quest the Town chose Joseph Blish Jr. wlio was sworn. 
He was juryman in 1762, 1769, 1770, 1779. 
1765. He was chosen one of the Wardens. 



72 FIFTH GENEFL\TION. 

1766. Oct. 20. "Agents for the West Parish chosen, Joseph 

Biish Jr., Coll. Otis and Edmund Hinckley." 

Same year was chosen fence-viewer, and again in 1783. 

1767. Nov. II. "Voted to choose five agents to procure school 

masters and settle them. Edward Bacon, Esqr., Joseph 
Blish, Jr., Daniel Davis, Isaac Lewis and Seth Crocker 
appointed." 

1768. Mar. 3. The committee appointed at Fall meeting to treat 

with Coll. Otis about the exchange of houses, etc. report- 
ed verbally that it was most expedient to take down the 
old house and build a new one for the use of the Towns 
poor. Joseph Blish Jr. was on the new committee.* 

1769. Oct. 26. Joseph Otis Esqr., Joseph Blish Jr. and Eli 

Phinney committee to settle accounts with the Town 

treasurer and report at next meeting. 
1771- Mar. 7. Was chosen tithingman. 
1773. Mar. 10. Chosen one of the wood-corders. 

1773. Nov. 4. Lieut. Blish chosen one of the surveyors of high- 

ways. Refused to serve under British officers and re- 
signed before 1774. 

1774. Sept. 21. Chosen one of the school agents to hire teachers, 

etc. 

1775. Mar. 24. "Voted that Sam" Jones, Lieut. Blish and Esq' 

Marston be a committee to agree with John Smith to sup- 
port the widow Jones and Wiliam Smith for a certain 
time." 

1776. July 23. The Selectmen were instructed to offer £1 to each 

soldier or non-commissioned officer who would enlist for 

three months, over the amount given by the General 

Court. 

"Joseph Blish's mark — a slit on the right ear and a half 

crop the fore side of the left ear." 

1776. Oct. 8. Chosen one of the five school agents. 

*.Toseph' (21) was on the first committee. 

1777. Apr. 15. Joseph Blish Jr. on committee to wait upon the 

Committee of the General Court. 
1777. May 20. "Motion made and seconded, whether the Town 
would give their representatives instructions to proceed 
to the settlement of a constitution, agreeable to a resolve 
of the General Court of May 5th. current. This question 
being put it passed in the negative by a great majority. 
Voted to choose a committee to give their representatives 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 73 

instructions. Capt. Sam" Crocker, Edward Bacon 
Escf. Capt. Sam" Hinckley, L'. Joseph Blisli and Capt. 
Benj. Gorliam, appointed a committee for that purpose." 

1777. Captain Jenkins being chosen to represent the Town in 

General Court, his instructions "not doubting his wis- 
dom" enjoin the greatest caution and deliberation in all 
of the great affairs of the government in a time of great 
public distress and danger. "We further instruct 
you to use your utmost endeavors and influence that it be 
commended by the General Court to the several Towns, 
as soon as may be, to chose delegates to meet in congress 
for the puropse of forming a plan of civil Government 
for this State." 

1778. Feby. 3. The Town appointed a committee to assist the 

Selectmen in filling up the quota of men required for ser- 
vice as soldiers, and an adition of £2 per month was offer- 
ed. Also a committee to request other Towns to unite 
in a convention for the purpose of petitioning the General 
Court for an abatement of the county's quota of men for 
the public service abroad, in consideration of the peculiar 
situation of the Towns on the Cape. Sam" Crocker, 
Joseph Halk'tt, Edw. Bacon Esq"", Lt. Joseph Biish and 
Shear jashub Bourne Esq.'' wiere the committee. 

1778. Mar. 24. Chosen grand juror. 

Apr. 8. On committee with Esq. Bacon and Joseph 
Davis to look into Mr. John Crocker's account for the 
year 1777. 

1778. Mar. 24. "Voted to add some persons to the committee 
that were to supply continental soldiers families with 
necessaries agreeable to the resolve of the General Court. 
Then were chosen Lieut. Joseph Biish to supply Nathan 
Fuller's Family, • * * &c, 

Dec. 16. "Voted to choose a county committee, with 
power to invite other towns to accede to the same, in or- 
der to consider the state of of the county, and proffer pe- 
titions to the General Court on behalf of the counties 
quota, etc. Lieut. Joseph Biish on the committee. 
"James Otis and 29 others petitioned that Edward Bacon 
' Esq!^ Bacon be excluded from public councils, on the 

ground that he was not lawfully elected and making ser- 
ious cliarges. Capt. Sam" Crocker, Joseph Hallett and 
Lieut. Joseph Biish were chosen to investigate the 



74 FIFTH GENERATION. 

charges and report. They reported completely exonorat- 
ing Esq"" Bacon and severely condemning those who had 
■ signed the petition, but say that some of the names had 
been very surreptitiously obtained." 

1772. War. 18. Again on committee to examine John Crocker's 
accounts. 

1779. Mar. 31. "\'oted to raise 'money for a school or schools. 
\'oted to raise the sum of ^450 for one grammar school- 
house and other schools for si.\ months. Voted to chose 
9 agents, 3 for each district. Brig'' Otis, Lieut. Joseph 
Blish Jr. and Mr. Nathan Foster chosen for the west part 
of the Town. 

1779. "At a meeting of the Qiurch held May sec' 1799 to make 

choice of a Qiurch Treasurer in the room of Col. Otis, 
deceased, Joseph Blish was then chosen, who accepted 
He was then directed not to call in any money due the 
Qiurch because of the great depreciation of the paper 
currency at that time." The next entry on this subject 
needs no coaiment. "At a meeting of the Church, Mar. 
4. 1783, the Church voted to have the Treasurer proceed 
to collect the Qiurch dues, ii'itli interest on them." Paper 
currency was better by this time. 

1780. May 2. Joseph Blish Jr. and 14 others were appointed a 

committee to take the new constitution into consideration 
and report at the next meeting. 

1780. Again on committee to empoy school masters, and on com- 
mittee to examine Major Hamblin's account and report 
May. 23. "Question put whether the Town approved 
of the new constitution ; passes in the negative — 14 noes 
to 10 yeas. Question, whether the Town accept the same 
with the amendment proposed by their committee — Pass- 
es, 54 yeas, 2 noes. 

"Voted that Esq'' Bacon, Esq'' Marston, Lieut. Joseph 
Blish, Brig'' Otis and Capt. Sturgis Gorham be a com- 
mittee to make the report of the former committee, rel- 
ative to the new form of govenrment into a fair draft 
and transmit the same to the honorable convention, as 
soon as may be." 

1780. "Voted to chose a committee to take into consideration 
what allowance it is proper to make constables for their 
past services. Edmund Hinckley, Joseph Blish Jr. and 
George Lewis appointed. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 75 

1781. Mar. 14. Was on committee to settle accounts witli the 
Selectmen for the past year, and later to settle accounts 
with the Town Treasurer. 

1781. Was on committee concerning the fencing of wood-lots. 

1782. Jany. 9. On committee to see about places for taking up 

and yarding of sheep and fees for the same. 
Apr. I. "Voted to chose a committee to sell and convey 
Benjamin Goodspeed's estate, at such time as they tliink 
proper, and hire him a house for some short time, if they 
judge it expedient, and if said sale amounts to more than 
enough to indemnify the Town, the remainder to be re- 
turned to said Goodspeed as soon as may be. Brig^ 
Otis, Lieut. Joseph Blish and Escf Marston chosen as 
committee. 

June 8. "Voted to appoint a committee to view a road 
that Timothy Jones had fenced up for the convenienvy of 
watering his land, they to report upon the adjournment 
of this meeting. Lieut. Joseph Blish, Esq"' JMarston and 
Elisha Bisbee, committee. 

Nov. 25. On committee to hire collectors to collect the 
Town taxes. 

1783. Mar. 20. "\'oted to appoint a committee of seven to join 

with a committee from the Town of Sandwich and other 
Towns, that shall incline to join in a petition to the Gen- 
eral Court for relief under our present distressing circum- 
stances." Lieut. Joseph Blish on the committee. 
Oct. 16. Bills. "Mr. Joseph Blishes Team 5 days and 

himself at 10/6 p'' day £2-12-6 

his boy 3 days at 2/ p"" day o- 6-0 

Oct. 16. Again one of the five school agents to hire 
school masters, &c. 

Dec. 1 7. On committee to examine constable Pitcher's 
rate bills and to see what sum of money remains uncol- 
lected. 

1784. Mar. 18. Qiosen surveyor of highways. Also on Com- 

mittee to settle with the Town Treasurer. Also on com. 
to examine rate bills. 

1785. Apr. 4. "Voted to chose a standing committee to examine 

the claims of all persons against the Town and report 
the same from time to time." Lieut. Joseph Blish on 
the committee. 



76 FIFTH GENERATION. 

"\'oted that Lieut. Joseph BHsh apply to the West 
Church to know if s*^ Church demands the money of John 
Otis that was due from his father to s'^ Church, and that 
the Selectmen keep part of s"* money in their hands until 
the Qiurch's mind is known in s"^ affair." 
Oct. 2". Was on committee to settle with Town Treas- 
urer. Also allowed 8/10 for repairs on the Great 
Bridge. 

1787. Mar. 16. On com. with Esq'' Alarston to settle accounts 

with Judge Davis. Was IModerator of the Meeting. 
Was also Moderator for the October meeting, and again 
in 1 79 1, 1792, 1794, 1796, IS06, IS07, and ISoS. 
May 24. "Voted to excuse the com. chosen at a former 
meeting to settle with the Town Treasurer and chose 
three agents to complete the settlement." Com., Sturgis 
Gorham, Lieut. Joseph Blish and Samuel Hinckley. 

1788. Mar. 20. He was on com. to settle with Brig'' Otis, former 

Town Treasurer. The com. allowed 22/8 for services in 
setting accounts with the Treasurer. 
Oct. 28. Lieut. Joseph Blish and Capt. Samuel Hinck- 
ley appointed as a committee to take an account of the 
Town's debts and also of debts due to s'^ town and form 
an estimate of the Town's taxes." 

Dec. 4. He was on a com. "to settle the demands the 
Town have against Brig'' Otis and to sell the estate de- 
livered up to them to settle such demands." 

1789. Was on Com. to examine Constable bills. 

1790. Apr. First Monday. "Voted that Shearjashub Bourne 

be an agent to defend the suit commenced against the 
Town by Doct. Jonas Whitman, and also chose Lieut. 
Joseph Blish and Esq'' Bacon to prepare the evidence on 
behalf of s'' Town in the above action." 
1798. Mar. Chosen grand juror for the year. 

Oct. On com. to settle with Town treasurer. 

1805. Oct. 14. Was on com. to settle with the Town Treasurer. 

Also on com. to lay out a new road. Also allowed dama- 
ges for a road across his land. 

1806. Qiosen on road committee. 

1808. Was on com. to draft remonstrance against petition of Dr. 
Whitman. 

May 9. Was elected representative, with Richd. Lewis 
and Jabez Rowland. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 77 

1809. May 8. Again elected representative with Jabez Rowland 

and Joseph Davis. 

1810. Apr. 2. The same three were reelected as representatives. 

SARAH; w. of Joseph^ Blish (75) d. in 1802. Her inscrip- 
tion reads as follows : "In Memory of Mrs. Sarah Blish, wi/fe of 
Mr. Joseph Blish, who died Nov. 25th, 1802, in her 69th. year." 

Lieut. Joseph'' Bhsh (75) d. in 1815. His inscription reads: 
"In Memory of Lieut. Joseph Blish, who departed this life May 
19th. 181 5, in the 84th. year of his age." 

Letters testamentary were issued to Joseph' Blish, Esquire, 
his son, 13 June, 1815. 

WILL OF LIEUT. JOSEPH BLISH. 

In the Name of God, Amen ! 

This first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight 
hundred and thirteen. I, Joseph Blish of Barnstable in the County of Barn- 
stable in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Yeoman, being advanced 
in life, but through the goodness of God of sound and disposing mind and 
memory, am minded to settle my affairs while I am indulged with an op- 
portunity therefor, do therefore make out and ordain this present writing 
to be my last will and testament. 

Principally & first of all I give and recommend my immortal part into 
the hands of God that gave it, and at my decease my body to the earth in 
decent christian burial, humbly hoping for a glorious resurrection of the 
same by the power of God through the merits of my Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ; and as touching my worldly estate with which I have been 
blessed in this life, I give and dispose thereof as follows, viz: Imprimis: 
I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Blish, Jr. all my wearing apparel, 
my large ivory-head cane, my desk in the east room of my dwelling-house 
together with my notes of hand, debts due me on book & other property 
contained in the upper part of s^ desk, viz : in that part secured by the lid 
but not in the drawers below it, also my green chest that is marked with 
the two first letters of my name standing near s^ desk, with all its contents. 
Item: I give to my daughter Sarah Blish the choice of one feather bed, 
bolster, pillows, underbed, bedstead and cord, one bedquilt, two coverlids, 
one pair of blankets, one pair of sheets, one pair of pillow cases, also one 
hundred and twenty dollars to be paid her by my Executor hereafter named, 
in one year after my decease ; also I give to my sd daughter Sarah to im- 
prove so long as she shall remain single, the west front room in my dwell- 
ing house and the bed room adjoining, the privilege of baking in the oven 
and doing all necessary work in the kitchen and washroom and passing 
in and out of doors, and necessary room for laying wood and for other uses, 
and for fetching water from the well, also a privilege in the cellar to put 
her sauce and other articles ; also three cords of merchantable oakwood 
yearly, so long as she remains single and keeps fire by herself, to be de- 
livered at her door & cut fit for fire by my executor hereafter named ; but 



78 FIFTH GENERATION. 

if she shall live in with any family and have the benefit of their fire, then 
she is to be debarred the privilege so long as she shall live in with any fam- 
ily and have the benefit of their fire ; and I hereby order and direct him to 
keep her part of the house in repair and pay the taxes that may be assessed 
on the same, till her improvement shall cease; I also give and bequeath to 
my sJ daughter Sarah her heirs and assigns forever one fourth part of all 
the marsh I own at broad island sound (so-called) bounded easterly by 
Capt. Benjamin Whiting & Co. of Plymouth, northerly by Jabez Claghorn, 
westerly by thorough creek (so-called) & southerly by a creek; also one 
fourth part of the eastward half of Bearses Island (so-called), bounded 
westerly by my son Joseph Blish ]'■' and on all other sides by the creek;, 
also I give to my s^ daughter Sarah the choice of one of my cows at my de- 
cease and the privilege of pasturing the same and hay sufficient to winter 
sd cow, put into s^l barn out of the improvement of what is hereafter given 
to my son Joseph Blish j^ so long as she shall remain single, and have the 
privilege of housing s^ cow in my barn. Item : I give to my daughters Ol- 
ive Garrett and Elizabeth Marston their heirs and assigns forever, equally 
between them the one-half of all the marsh I own at Broad Sound (so-call- 
ed) & cne-half of the easterly half of what marsh I own at Broad Island, 
(so-called) bounded as above mentioned and is in common with what is 
heretofore given to tny daughter Sarah, and hereafter given to my grand- 
daughters Phebe and Rebecca Crocker. Item: 1 give to my grand-daughters 
Phebe Crocker, wife of Alvin Crocker i' and Rebecca Crocker, dau'' of 
Winslovv Crocker, the remaining one-fourth part of all the marsh I own at 
Broad Sound & Bearses Island (so-called) equally between them and to 
their heirs and assigns forever, reserving the improvement thereof to my 
daughter Mercy Crocker, wife of Winslow Crocker during her natural life. 

Item : I give to my s^ daughter Mercy Crocker wife of Winslow Crock- 
er, five dollars in money to be paid by my E.xecutor in one year after my 
decease. 

Item: I give and bequeath to my daughter Eunice Marston, wife of Ben- 
jamin Marston, her heirs and assigns one hundred and fifty dollars, to be 
paid by my E.xecutor hereafter named, in one year after my decease, and my 
will is that neither of my said daughters, above mentioned be accountable for 
household furniture and fi.xing out that I have charged against them on my 
book. 

Item: I give and bequeath to my son Joseph Blish jr and to his heirs 
and assigns forever, all of my real estate of every description whether sit- 
uated in Barnstable or elsewhere, also all the remainder of my personal 
estate, including my live stock, fanning utensils Sic. &c. nothing excepted 
but what is herein disposed of, he paying the legacies and complying with 
the directions herein given and also paying my just debts and funeral 
charges. 

Lastly : I nominate and appoint my son Joseph Blish j"" sole Executor 
to this my last will and testament, and I hereby declare this only to be & con- 
tain my sd last will and testament, and I do hereby revoke &. disallow of all 
others by me heretofore executed. 

Joseph Blish L. S. 

Signed, sealed, published, pronounced and declared by the s,^ Joseph 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 79 

Blish, to be his last will & testament, the day and year first above written, 
in the presence of us who subscribe our names as witnesses, 

Joseph Crocker, 
Joanna Crocker,, 
Betsey Crocker. 

References — Barn. Prob. Rcc, Barn. Tn. Rcc, Barn. Ch. 
Rcc, Freeman's Cape Cod, Otis' Barn, families. 



76. HANNAH" BLISH. 
(Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,- Abraham.'') 

HANNAH,^^ dtr. of Dea. Joseph* (21) and Mercy (Crocker) 
Blish, was b. 28 Oct. 1732. She lived a spinster, and was liber- 
ally provided for in the will of her father. 

She united with the church 26 July, 1761. 

Hannah Blish signed as witness to receipts of property by 
Wary, Hannah and Rose Holway to Joseph Holway, their brother, 
for money due from the Estate of Joseph Holway, deceased, 3O 
Jany. 1692. 

She d. 2 Jany. 1807, in her 75th year, and was buried at West 
Barnstable. She left a will and her nephew, Joseph" Blish Jr. 
(229) was appointed executor of her estate, 15 July, 1807. The 
will is interesting on account of the many family connections it 
gives. 

WILL OF HANNAH BLISH. 

In the name of God, Amen ! I. Hananh Blish, of Barnstable in the 
County of Barnstable, spinster, being of sound and disposing mind, do 
make and declare this my last will and testament, in manner following, 
that is to say: 

First : I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God, trusting to 
His mercy through a Redeemer, and my body I commit to the earth to be 
buried at the discretion of my Executor herafter named ; and as to my 
worldly estate with which it has pleased God to bless me, I give and de- 
vise as follows : 

Imprimis: My will is that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid 
by my Executor hereafter named out of what is herein given him. 

Item : I give my niece Olive Garrett, wife of Andrew Garrett, a note 
of hand of one hundred dollars that I have against my nephew Joseph 
Blish Junr, and if she shall be taken away by death before my decease. I 
give said note to Betsy Garrett and Olive Garrett, daughters of the s^ An- 
drew Garrett, equally between them. 



8o FIFTH GENER.\TION. 

Item: I give my niece Elizabeth Marston, wfife of Winslow Marston 
a note of hand for one hundred dollars that I have against Solomon Phin- 
ney, and if she shall be taken away before my decease, I give the said note 
to Mary J^Iarston, daughter of said Winslow Marston. 

Item: I give to my two nieces Eunice Marston wife of Benjamin Mars- 
ton and Sarah Blish a note of hand that I have against my brother, Joseph 
Blish, and a note of hand I have against said Benjamin Marston equal- 
ly between them. . 

Item : I give to Phebe Crocker, wife of Alvin Crocker Jun^ my silver 
spout cup. 

Item : I give to Rebecca Crocker and Sophia Crocker, daughters of 
Winslow Crocker all my wearing apparel and household furniture that I 
die siezed of equally between them, except my silver spout cup herein giv- 
en to Phebe Crocker, and in case either of them shall be taken away by 
death before my decease, I give my said wearing apparel and household 
furniture to the surviving sister. 

Item ; I give to my nephew Joesph Blish Jun' the cow that I may die 
seized of and if there shall be anything due from said Joseph Blish Jun'' at 
my decease, I give it to the s^ Joseph Blish Junr, his heirs and assigns, he 
paying all my just debts and funeral charges. 

Item ; I nominate and appoint my nephew Joseph Blish Jun'' Executor 
to this my last will and testament. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this seven- 
teenth day of March, A. D. i8o6. 

Hannah Blish L. S. 

Witnesses: 

Joseph Crocker. 
Joanna Crocker. 
Dennis Cotell. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec, Barn. Proh. Rcc, Barn. Ch. 
Rcc. 



81. BENJAMIN^ BLISH. 

(Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

BENJAMIN'^ s. of Dea. Joseph* (21) and Mercy (Crocker) 
Bhsh, was bap. 18 July, 1742, at West Barnstable, Mass. He was 
m. 25 Nov. 1770. to Susannah Baxter, by Nymphas Marston, Esqr. 

CHILDREN. 
233. TIMOTHY,' b. 13 Aug. 1771. 
234+ OWEN,' b. s Nov. 1773. 

233. SUSANNAH,' bap. 5 Oct. 1777. m. Winthrop Sears. (?). 
236. BENJAMIN,' b Is supposed to have died young. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 61 

No record of the deaths of Benjamin BHsh or his wife 
has been found. 

1772. Mar. 24. Benj. Blish Jr. chosen juror for the April court. 

1776. Benjamin Blish of Barnstable, was a private in Capt. Mi- 
cah Hamlin's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt. Order 
for advanced pay dated Boston, June 27th, 1776. 
Benjamin Blish was a corporal in Capt. Micah Hamlin's 
Co., Col. Marshall's Regt. Enlisted 13 June 1776. Roll 
made up Aug. i, 1776. Service i mo. 19 ds. Roll dated 
Castle Island. Also pay roll for service from Aug. I 
to Aug. 27, 1776, 26 days. 

(It is impossible to determine whether this record belongs to this 
Benjamin or Benjamin* (30) son of Abraham' (8). There was only one 
year's difference in their ages.) 

References — Barn. Tn. Rcc, Barn. CIi. Rec, and Mass. Sold^ 
& Sailors in the Rev. 



82. EBENEZER' BLISH. ■ ; j 

(Joseph,* Joseph,' Joseph,- Abraham.*) 

EBENEZER^ s. of Dea. Joseph* (21) and Mercy (Crockery 
Blish, was b. i Apr. 1744, at Wset Barnstable, Mass. He never 
married. He was a farmer. 

1787. Mar. 16. Was chosen surveyor of highways. 
1799. Mar. 18. Was chosen to serve on the grand jury. 

The following record of a deed for a pew in church may be of 
interest. 

CHURCH PEW DEED. 

Know All Men by these Presents— That we Nathaniel Jenkins, Es- 
quire and Asa Jenkins, yeoman, both of Barnstable, in the County of Barn- 
stable, being a Committee legally chosen and empowered by the inhabitants 
of the West Parish of Barnstable, in said County, to sell and convey the 
pews, etc. lately built in the Meeting House of said Parish, in the consider- 
ation of the sum of Eighty-seven Dollars and fifty cents, paid us by Lem- 
uel Nye, Jr. of Barnstable, in the County of Barstable, hatter, the receipt 
whereof we hereby acknowledge, do hereby give, grant, sell and convey in 
our said capacity, in behalf of said Parish, unto the said Lemuel Nye Jr. 



82 FIFTH GENERATION. 

his heirs and assigns forever, the one-half of a pew in said Meeting House, 
at the west end thereof where late there was an end door and adjoining 
the pew that belonged to Ebenezer Blish, late of Barnstable, deceased, and 
the pew which belongs to Ebenezer Bodfish Jr. and others. * * * To 
Have and to Hold the aforementioned premises, with all of the privileges 
and appurtenances, unto the said Lemuel Nye Jr. his heirs and assigns for- 
ever, in our said capacity, and we de hereby, in our said capacity, warrant 
the said granted premises free and clear of all incumbrances, to the said 
Lemuel Nye Jr. his heirs and assigns and will defend the same in our said 
capacity to the said Lemuel Nye Jr. his heirs and assigns forever against 
the lawful claims and demands of all persons. 

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands & seals this 5th 
day of April, Anno Domini 1809. 

Nathaniel Jenkins, SEAL. 
Asa Jenkins, SEAL. 
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of us. 

Joseph Blish, Jr. 
Hamlen Crocker. 
Barnstable : ss. 

April 5, 1809, Personally appeared NathI Jenkins and Asa Jenkins & 
severally acknowledged that the above written instrument by them subscrib- 
ed to be their free will and deed. 

before me, Joseph Blish, Jr. 

Justice of the Peace. 

Ebenezer^ Blish d. 2 Sept. 1801, and is buried at West Barn- 
stable. He made the following will, upon which letters were 
granted to Joseph Blish Jr. "Morn Dec. 8. 1801." 

WILL. 

In the Name of God, Amen ! I Ebenezer Blish of Barnstable in the 
County of Barnstable, Yeoman, being weak in body but of sound disposing 
mind and memory do make and declare this my Last Will and Testament, 
in manner following that is to say : 

First ; I bequeath my soul into the hands of Almighty God, trusting 
in the mercy of God through a Redeemer, and my body I commit to the 
earth to buried at the discretion of my E.xecutor hereafter named ; and as 
to my worldly estate, with which it hath pleased God to bless me, I give 
and devise as follows : 

Imprimis: My will is that my just debts and funeral charges be paid 
by my Executor hereafter named and out of the estate herein given to Ebe- 
nezer Blish, Ju"". 

Item : I give to my sister Hannah Blish the improvement of my west- 
ward lower room in my dwelling house, also one of my best cows, with 
the privilege of pasturing one cow and hay sufficient to winter said cow, 
put into my barn and the privilege of housing said cow in my barn, dur- 
ing her natural life, to be done by my Executors out of the improvement of 
my homestead hereafter given to Ebenezer Blish, Juf. ; also I give and be- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 83. 

queath to my said sister Hannah Blish, her heirs and assigns forever all my 
indoor household furniture and my pillows. 

Item : I give and bequeath to my nephew Joseph Blish Ju^ to him and 
his assigns forever all that piece of salt marsh that was formerly Richard 
KiUcy's lying at Broad Sound (.so-called,) which I bought of my brother 
Joseph Blish, as p^ deed dated May 31, 1790 and contains about eight acres 
more or less ; also one piece of woodland that was formerly in Richard 
Killey's deed, lying in the west precinct in Barnstable, and is the lower end 
of the forty-third woodlot in the lower tier, and contains about seven acres 
more or less and is that piece of woodlot that I bought of my brother Jo- 
seph Blish, as per deed dated May 31, 1790; also all my wearing apparel 
and curtains, two cows, my horses and carriages and all my personal es- 
tate of every kind and nature whatever, not otherwise herein disposed of. 

Item : I give to the sons of Winslow Crocker, viz : Watson, George, 
Arthur, and Edward W. Crocker, all that my estate which I bought of 
Daniel Crocker as pr deed dated December nth, 1799 which was Winslow 
Crocker's with the dwelling house and the buildings thereon and the 
cleared land and the woodland and fresh and salt meadow along thereto 
belonging, except that piece of salt meadow at Broad Sound which vvas 
formerly Richard Killey's and is herein given to Joseph Blish Ju'', they 
the said Watson, George, Arthur and Edward W. Crocker being obliged to 
support their parents Winslow and Mary Crocker out of the improvement 
cf said estate, during their natural life and paying to Andrew Garrett ]\ff 
son of Andrew Garrett and Charles Marston son of Winslow Marston, their 
heirs and assigns one hr.ndred dollars to each of them when they shall ar- 
rive at the age of twenty-one years ; and my will is that if any or either of 
said sons of Winslow Crocker decease leaving no child, that their estate 
go and I do hereby give it to the surviving brother or bretheren, and if all 
of sd sons of Winslow Crocker shall decease leaving no child, I do herein 
give and bequeath sd estate to my nephew Joseph Blish J"' his heirs and as- 
signs forever, he the s^ Joseph, his heirs and assigns being obliged to sup- 
port the sd Winslow Crocker and Mary his wife during their natural lives 
as above mentioned. 

Item: I give and bequeath to Ebenezer Blish Ju'' to him his heirs and 
assigns forever, all that my homestead with my dwelling-house and barn 
standing thereon together with my farming utensils, shepard tools, allso 
my marsh, cleared land, & woodland thereto belonging, except that piece 
of woodland that was formerly Richd Killey's and is herein given to Joseph 
Blish Ju'' allso my Gorham field (so-called) which I bought of John Pal- 
frey Junr, Benjamin Gorham and William Hinckley as Executors of the 
will of Sturgis Gorham Esquire, late of Barnstable, deceased as pr deed 
dated Nov. 27, 1795: also my pew in the meeting-house reserving the right 
of my sister Hannah to sit there during her natural life. 

Item : I give and bequeath to my niece Olive Garrett to her and her 
heirs and assigns forever my two fields which I bought of the heirs of Si- 
las Blish late of Barnstable, deceased and is bounded westwardly by the 
road, northwardly by the heirs of Daniel Carpenter, deceased, and easterly 
and southerly by the pond called "Steward's pond." 

Item : I nominate and appoint my nephew Joseph Blish Junr Executor 
of this my last will and testament. 



84 FIFTH GENERATION. 

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this eleventh 
day of August, Anno Domini iSoi. 

Ebenezcr Blish, L. S. 
Witness : Joseph Crocker, Third. 
Jon^ Crocker. 
Ansel Ailing. 

References — Barn. Deed Rcc., Barn. Tn. Rec. 



110. JOHN=^ BLISH. 
(John,* Joseph,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

JOHN,'^ s. of John* (36) and Mary (Goodspeed) BHsh, was 
b. 14 Nov. 1745. at West Barnstable, Mass. 

"The ;mark of John Bhsh Jr. for his creatures, a half crop on 
the upper side of each ear. Entered Jany. 8, 1770, and he says it 
has been his mark for two years." 
"Barnstable, Oct. 24. 1761. 

John Blish Jr. brought to be posted one white horned ram, 
taken Going at Large with the artificial mark of a half penny each 
side of right ear." 

"John Blish was a private in Capt. Micah Hamlin's Co. Col. 
Simeon Gary's Regt. Enlisted 2 Feby. 1776. Pay roll made up 
for 6 days to time of marching." Also was a private in Capt. Ebe- 
nezer Jenkin's Co., Col. Freeman's Regt. Pay roll for 8 days ser- 
vice on alarm at Falmouth and Dartmouth, 6 Sept. 1778. 

No record of his marriage or death has been found. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec. and Mass. Sold. & Sail, in the 
Rev. 



113. STACY^ BLISH. 

(John,* Reuben,' Joseph," Abraham.') 

STACY^ s. of John* (36) and Mary (Goodspeed) Blish, was 
b. 26 Mar. 1751, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 16 Oct. 1773, 

Mary, dtr. of and Mary (Stacy) Barker, 

of Yarmouth. She was b. about 1752. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 85 

CHILDREN, born at Barnstable. 
240.+PATIENCE, b. 13 July, 1774. 

241 + HANNAH, b. 29 Dec. I776. ' 

242.+REBECCA, b. 18 June 1778. 
243.+JOHN, b. 16 Apr. 1780. 

244. + BETSEY, b. 24 Apr. 1783, at Vassalborough, Maine, as were all 

of the remainder of the children. 

245. DANIEL, b. 13 Jany. 1785. d. at sea, unmarried. 
246+JAMES, b. 13 Dec. 1787. 

247. WINNIFRED, b. 12 Oct. 1788. m Sanborn, a 

farmer at Fo.xcroft, Maine. No children. 

248. SAMUEL, b. 6 Aug. 1792. d. in the West Indies, unmarried. 
24y+WILLL'\M, b. 3 Aug. 1794. 

250. MARY, (.'■POLLY") b. 3 Sept. 1796 m Hallet, 

a merchant of Augusta, Maine. Had one child which d. in 
infancy. 

2SI.+SARAH, b. 13 July, 1798. 

Stacy^ Blish went to Vassalborough, Maine, in 1780, bought 
land and built a house, and in 1781 removed his family there. He 
afterwards built a hotel, which he kept as long as he lived. In his 
latter years he was called the "grey eagle," having abundant grey 
hair and piercing black eyes. 

There are only two references to him in the Barnstable Town 
records. 

1775. Nov. 12. Brought to be posted by Mr. Stacy Blish, a 
wlhite ram with large horns, marked with a slit in the left 
ear and a half crop under the right. Posted 5 days, pr. 
Josiah Crocker, Town Clerk. 

1770. Mark of Stacy Blish for his creatures is a slit in the left ear 
and a half crop in the upper side of the right ear. En- 
tered 12 Mar. 1770. 
He d. at Vassalborough, Me. in 1803-4. Mary, his wife d. 

m 1836, age 84. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec, Vassalborough, Me. Tn. Rec, 
pnd letters of Samuel Blish, of New Brunswiek, N. J. . 



86 FIFTH GENERATION. 

125. SILAS'^ BLISH. 
(Silas/ Reuben,^ Jo5eph,= Abraham.^ 



SILAS' s. of Silas* (37) and Mercy (Tobey) Blish, was b. 
July 1756 at Barnstable, j\Iass. He was ni. 22 Apr. 1788, to Sally 
(Sarah) Loring, by Rev. John Mellen, pastor at old Barnstable. 
She was b... 1762. 

CHILD. 

255. OLIVE, b. 13 Nov. 1789. 

Sarah, his wife d. in 1790. The inscription on her tombstone 
at Lathrop's Hill, is as follows :-"In Memory of Mrs. Sarah, wife 
of Silas Blish. She died :\Iay }•<= 6'^ 1790, in the 28'h year of her 
age." 

He m. as second wife, Chloe, dtr. of Nicholas Cobb, 17 Jany. 
1791. 

CHILDREN. 

256. SAR.A.H, b. Oct. 1792.. Thomas Lumbard Jr. of .Sand- 
wich and Sarah Blish, of Barnstable, were entered for publica- 
tion of marriage, 18 Mar. 1818. 

257. CALVIN, b. 16 Oct. 1793- 

258. SETH, b. 2 Jany. 1795. 

259. ANNA, b. 3 Nov. 1797. 

260. MERCY, b. 18 Mar. 1799. 
.■ I261. H.^NNAH, b. 8 Apr. i8oi. 

262. SILVESTER, b. 30 Jany. 1803, d Mar. 1826, aged 23 

years. 
263.+.\S.\ b. 22 Mar. 1806. 

1785. ]May 10. "The Town made choice of Silas Blish to collect 
money that remains to be collected on rate bills that was 
committed to Silas Blish late of Barnstable, deceased, he 
to collect the same at his own expense." 

1788. June 4. Silas Blish's mark for his creatures is a hole in 

the right ear and a half penny under side the same. 

1789. Mar. 17. Silas Blish chosen one of the fence viewers. 
1800. Mar. 30. "Voted that Silas Blish and family be left to 

the discretion of the Selectmen. (This entry is unex- 
plained, but doubtless some great calamity must have be- 
fallen them.) 
Silas Blish d. 21 Nov. 1824, at the age of 68 years. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec, and Cemetery Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY, 87 

126. EL1SHA= BLISH. 

(Silas/ Reuben,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ELISHA^ s. of Silas* {2,7) and Mercy (Tobey) Blish, was, 
b. 3 Dec. 1758, at Barnstable, Alass. He was m. 2 June 1790, to 
Rebecca Linnell, widow and third wife of John Linnell. The first 
wife of John Linnell was Mercy Sturgis ; his second, Ruth Linnell, 
a sister of Rebecca, and both were dtrs. of James Linnell. By 
Rebecca he had one child, Abigail. By the ecclesiastical law of 
England it was illegal for any man to marry his deceased wife's 
sister, and the issue of such marriages was declared to be illegi- 
'timate. Taking advantage of this law, the other heirs of John 
Linnell claimed his large estate, to the exclusion of his widow and 
daughter, but before any settlement was made the daughter died, 
the widow married and the law was changed, and Rebecca finally 
came into posession of nearly all of her first husband's estate. She 
was a character in Barnstable, and was familiarly known as "Aunt 
Beck." In her early life she was neat, industrious and very eco- 
nomical, but in later years her economy degenerated into parsimony. 
She began to hoard and save the most useless articles and to store 
them away, until her house was literally filled and over-run with 
old tubs, pails, cracked pots and kettles, broken crockery, disabled 
furniture, old bones etc., while the walls were festooned with use- 
less clothing, bunches of dried herbs, feathers and scraps of vari- 
ous kinds, until there was hardly room to get about in the house. 
Notwithstanding tliis idiosyncracy, she was a. woman of strong 
mind and brooked no control. Elisha Blish, her husband, was a 
shoemaker by trade, a very worthy man, and an exemplary mem- 
ber of the Methodist Qnirch. He mildly protested, but Aunt 
Beck would have none of his interference, and as a result lost 
much of her fortune by lending money to unworthy people or up- 
on worthless security. In her religious opinions she was strictly 
orthodox, and hated the Methodists, mainly however, because they 
called at her house and her husband contributed to the support 
of that church. She died 7 Nov. 1830. age 86 years. She died on 
Sunday and on Thursday preceding, her attendants began remov- 
ing the accumulated rubbish which was known as "Aunt Beck's 
Museum." She heard them and asked them if it was thundering. 
Some evasive answer satisfied her, but her curiosities were ruth- 
lessly burned or scattered. The old house was transformed, 
cleaned and papered and new furniture brought in. Her tomb- 



88 FIFTH GENERATION. 

stone says : "In memory of Mrs. Rebekah, wife of Mr. Elisha 
Blish. She died Nov. i6"^ 1830, in the 86"> year of her age. She 
died willingly, In hopes of a glorious resurrection." Forty-five 
days after her death there was a wedding party at the house, and 
Ehsha^ Bhsh married Rebecca Linnell, a grand-niece of his wife,, 
then aged 29. The intentions were pubhshed at Barnstable, 8 Dec. 
1830, and they were married 22 Dec, by the Rev. Hector Brown- 
son. The remaining si.xteen years of his hfe were spent in com- 
fort, though the old man said on one occasion, that his second 
wife was not as "economical" as his first. 

1806. Mar. 10. Jabez Howland was selected to take care of the 
Town lands that formerly belonged to Parker Lumbart 
and Elisha Blish. 

Apr. 7. "Voted not to pay the account presented by Eli- 
sha Blish." 

1808. Mar. 22. James Merchant and Elisha Blish chosen to 
prevent trespass on the school lot, so-called. 

"Barnstable, Apr. ist, 1812. 

We certify that Elijah Blish of the Town of Barnstable, is a 
member of the religious society in the Town of Barnstable, called 
Methodist. 

James Fuller, 
Ebenezer Hinckley. 

Cooimittee. 
Received April 7th, 1812. 

A true copy. Attest — Naler Crocker, Town Clerk." 

These certificates were necessary in order to exempt a person 
from paying "church rates" to the orthodox church. 

1813. Apr. 5. Elisha Blish with John Hinckley and others 
chosen petit jurors. 

"Elisha Blist, seaman on Brigantine "Hazard" commanded 
by Capt. John F. Williams. Pay abstract for advance pay, for i 
mo." Year not given. 

Elisha^ Blish d. 28 May 1846, age 86 years. His death is re- 
corded at the bottom of his wife's tombstone in the Centerville 
Cemetery and there is also a stone in the cemetery at Phinney's 
Lane. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 8g 

After the death of Elisha Blish, his widow m. Rev. Scolly G. 
Usher, who became a practicing physician in the west. 

References.^ — Barn. Tn. Rec, Otis' Barn. Families a7td Mass. 
Sold & Sail, in the Rev. 



130. THOMAS= BLISH. 

(Reuben,'' Reuben,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

THOMAS^ s. of Reuben^ (38) and Elizabeth (Bodfish) Blish, 
was b. 21 July 1751, at Barnstable, Mass. 

1778. Dec. 16. "Voted to remit to Nath. Jenkins, Constable for 
1777. 

Thomas Blish's Town Rate, . £0-6-4. 

Thomas Blish's Province Rate, £0-5-7. 

Also for the year 1776. 

"Thomas Blish's Town & Province Rate, £0-16-8." 

It was customary to remit taxes to persons in the military ser- 
vice, tho' no record of such service is known to the compiler. 

1784. Dec. 6. Richard Creech and Susanna Blish were appoint- 

ed administrators of the estate of Thomas Blish, yeoman, 
deceased. 

1785. Mar. 8. Inventory and Appraisement filed, £59-18-10, 

and the estate was declared to be insolvent. 

References — Barn. Tn. and Prob. Rec. 



137. BENJAMIN^ BLISH. 

(Benjamin,* Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

BENJAMIN" s. of Benjamin'' (42) and Mary (Adams) 

Blish, was b. 11 Feby. 1753, at Colchester, Conn. He m 

, , 1744, Phebe Skinner, dtr. of 

CHILDREN. 
275.-1- PHEBE,' b , 1775. m. Orris Clopp. 



^ FIFTH GENERATION. 

276. HANNAH," b , i779 m. Benjamin Hop- 
kins (?) d. 25 Dec. 1813. 
277.+BENJAMIN,° b. 9 June 1784, at Middlefield, Mass. 

278. MILLICENT," b 1787, m. Ebeneser Nye. 

279. SOPHIA,' b , 1789- m. Grant Perkins. 

280. CLARISSA," b 1791- m. ist Lyman Kent, 

2nd. Luther Dillc. 

281.+ZENAS," b. 20 Oct. 1793- 

282.+PHILENA,'' b 1796. m. Isaac Moore. 

283. NANCY," b 1799. tti. Lester Perkins. 

Benjamin^ Blish, like all of his ancestors was a farmer in 
Colchester. He removed about 1780 to Middlefield, Mass., where 
his uncle Joseph* (47) had preceded him. 

1783. Apr. Was chosen one of the fence viewers for Middle- 

field at the first Town Meeting held in the Town. 
Sept.2. He was put onto the committee to find the most 
proper and convenient place for the meeting house to 
stand. They reported and recommended that it stand on 
the main road between Mr. Joseph Blush and Widow 
Ford's" This recommendation does not seem to have 
been adopted, as another committee was chosen, 24 Aug. 
1789, "to pitch upon a spot" for the meeting-house be- 
tween Oliver Blush and Josiah Leonard's. Even this 
did not settle the matter definitely. The question came 
up again, 30 June, 1790, and it was voted to "set the 
church on the ledge south of Oliver Blush's." 

1784. Apr. 24. He with his uncle Joseph,* were put onto the 

school committee, who fotmded the first public school 
in Middlefield. 

1793. Sept. 22. Benjamin, Millicent, Sophia and Clarissa, child- 
ren of Benjamin Blish, were baptized. 
Zenas^ was bap. 30 Mar. 1794. Philena' in 1796, and 
Nancy ,° 14 Sept. 1801. 

1801. Nov. 15. Received to full standing in the Church, Han- 
nah Blish and Lucy Pond. 

Benjamin^ Blish remained in Middlefield until 1805, when he 
removed to Painesville, Ohio. Here he continued farming until 
his death, which occured 11 Mar. 1825. 

References — Colchester, Conn. Tn. Rec., Middlefield, Mass. 
Tn. & Ch. Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 91 

141. EZRA^ BLISH. 

(Sylvanus/ Tristram,^ Joseph/ Abraham^.) 

EZRA^ s. of Sylvanus* (44) and Esther (Way) Blish, was 
b. 16 Apr. 1759, at Colchester, Conn. He m. Aug. 1786, Hannah 
Hills, dtr. of 

CHILDREN. 

285. HOPE," b. 14 Apr. 1787. d. 17 Aug. 1826. 

286. + ELISHA,° b. 29 Jany. 1789, at New London, Conn. 

287. SUSAN," b. 29 Nov. 1790. 

288. RACHEL," b. 29 Dec 1792. 

289. EZRA," b. 12 Nov. 1794. d 1841. 

290. ASA." b. 9 Mar. 1799. Was drowned in the Connecticut river. 
291.+ROBERT STILES," b. 19 Apr. 1802. at Marlboro,' Conn. 

Hope Blish'* met her death by a singular accident. She climb- 
ed upon a stone fence to get some wild cherries from a tree that 
stood near the wall. The fence gave way and she was thrown to 
the ground and some large stones fell upon her, causing injuries 
from which she died in a short time. 

Asa Blish was a very skillful swimmer and undertook to swim 
across the Connecticut river and back. He went across and start- 
ed back, but was taken with cramp and sank before any one could 
reach him. 

Ezra Blish w'as a farmer. Was a very devout man and a 
consistent christian. He was a private in the Mass. line in the war 
of the Revolution. Was Surgeon's Mate in the Conn. line. In 
1834, at the age of 75 he was allowed a pension dating from 1818, 
and received |i 526.36 for arrearages and an alowance of $96. per 
year. The census of 1840 gives his name as one of the revolution^ 
ary pensioners. 

(No general pension laws were passed by Congress until March, 1818, 
when it was provided that survivors of the Revohitionary war who had 
served nine months, or more, in the Continental Army or Navy, could be- 
come pensioners of the Government Prior to that time, relief had been 
given only to those who had been disabled in the service, or to their widows 
or minor children.) 

In 1 83 1 ten residents and three from the outside, called a 
meeting to organize a Baptist Qiurch it] Marlboro, Conn. Aaron 
and Oliver Phelps and Ezra Blish were the leading spirits. Meet- 
ings were held in the north-east schoolhouse until 1838. The 
membership had increased to 38 at this time, but it gradually fell 



9.2 FIFTH GENERATION. 

off afterwards, and meetings were discontinued. Ezra Blish and 
the other guiding members had died in the mean time. 

Hannah, the wife of Ezra Bhsh d. 20 May 1816, and he m. 
Azuba Banning, a widow, who survivied him. Ezra d. about 
1836. 

He was for a time at New London, Conn., and hved in Chat- 
ham, in 1794, but the closing years of his hfe were spent in Marl- 
boro. 

References — Colch. Tn. & Deed Recs., Marlboro Tn. Rec, 
Mem. Hist. Hartford Co., Census 1840, Conn, in the Rev., Rept. 
Secy, of War, 1835. 



144. SILAS^ BLISH. 

(Sylvanus,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

SILAS^ s. of Sylvester'' (44) and Esther (Way) Blish, was 

b. 17 Apr. 1763, at Colchester, Conn. He m , 

Hannah Eliza Phelps, dtr. of 

CHILDREN. 
295. CATHARINE," b. 18 May 1784. m. Alpha or Alfred Townsend. 

296. NiICHOLAS," b. 18 Sept. 1789. m. Charity Ferguson, & had 4 
children. 

297. JOHN," b. "7 Aug. 1792. m. Lucy Ackerly & had 5 children. 

298. JAMES," b. 19 July 1796. m. Esther Craft & had 3 children. 

299. ASA.' b. 19 May 1799, m. Katharine Kelly & had 6 children. 

300. JANE,' b. 7 Jany. 1801. m. Trowbridge Mills or Milks. 
30l.+SIM0N,° b. 22 Mar. 1812. m. Mary Aim McKeel. 

It is not known just when Silas left Connecticut, but a deed 
from him to his brother Asa, dated 8 Sept. 1791, locates him at 
Red Hook, Dutchess county, N. Y. His brother Reuben (143) 
was also in Red Hook in 1792, as shown by a deed from him to 
Asa conveying a like interest. Silas later removed to Middletown, 
Delaware county, N. Y.and took up wild lands. He remained 
here the remainder of his life. His farm passed to his son Simon. 
He is said to have lived to the age of 92 years, which would locate 
his death about 1855. Many of his descendants are now living in 
Delaware county, N. Y. and in that vicinity. 

Silas° Blish served in the war of 1812. 

References — Colch. Tn. Rec, Colch. Deed Rec, Biog. Hisi. 
Delaware Co. N. Y. 



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146. ABRAHAM^ BLISH. 
(Sylvanus/ Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

ABRAHAM' s. of Sylvanus^ (44) and Esther (Way) Blish, 

was b 1769. He m , Ahce 

Fuller. She was b 1781. 

CHILDREN. ,1 

302.+EDMUND,' b , 

303.+ALICE,' b. 14 July I806, at Colchester, Conn. 
304.+DANlEL,« b. 4 Dec. iSio. 

305. BENJAMIN," b 1817. 

306. MARY," b m. Josef h Arnold and had son Henry. 

(See 302 post.) 

307. NANCY," b ni. Calvin Brooks IVickham, and had: 

I. Ralph' who m. and had Clarissa' and Calvin." 

II. Ellen,' who m McLean, and had Frederick,' Frank,* 

Minnie,' and Calvin.' Lived at Middletown, Conn. 

III. Mary, who died young. 

IV. Sarah Jane,' who m. Nelson P. Eddy, and had Mary' and 

Gabriella.' Mary' m. Edgar A. Lincoln and lived at 
New Bedford, Mass. Gabriella' ni. Clias. A. Ray, of 
Providence, R. I. 

308. SARAH,' b m. Justin Arnold, a brother of 

Joseph, above, who lived in Millington, Conn. Had one child, 

309. ASA,' b m. Abby Webster, a sister of Geo. 

W. Webster, had one boy Charles Henry,' who is a 

slate-roofer by trade, and two girls, Elizabeth' and 

(See 302, post.) 

210. HARRIET," b. m. Lucius F. Brcckcn- 

bridge. She was a woman of fine executive ability. She 
owned the stage line from Colchester to Andover. and her hus- 
band drove one of the coaches. He finally became much addict- 
ed to drink, and when the stage was late, she would go out and 
meet it. get up and take the lines and drive it herself. She died 
in Colchester and is buried in East Haddam. 

Abraham' Blish lived on a farm on the Town line. His 
dwellinf^ house was in East Haddam and his barn in Colchester, 
he owning lands on both sides of the road. 

1797. Sept. 18. He took the freeman's oath. 

He d. 29 July, 1840, the Qiurch record says "of dropsy." 
Alice, his wife d. i Mar. 1851, "of lung fever." They are both 
buried in a small cemetery near the Town line, on the road from 



g4 FIFTH GENERATION. 

Colchester to Millington, and their son Benjamin C, is also buried 
there. Their inscriptions read as follows :- 

"In Memory of Abraham Blish, who died July 29th, 1840. 
Aet 71 years." 

Alice, relict of Abraham Blish, died March ist, 185 1. Aged 
70 years." 

"Benjamin C. Blish, drowned August i8th, i857.Aged 40." 

(As dates of the births of most of the children in this famijy 
could not be obtained, the order of arrangement is not vouche'd 
for.) 

BENJAMIN' C. BLISH (305) was a bachelor. Joseph Ar- 
nold, his brother-in-law, was appointed administrator of his estate, 
in 1857. 

1859. Oct. 12. Claims : 

Lucius F. Breckenridge, $49 64 Allowed. 

Nancv Wickham, 30 00 Not Allowed. 

H. Wickham, ?4 00 Not Allowed. 

References — Colch. Prob. Rcc, Colch. Tn. Rec, Letters of 
Mrs. Sarah J. Eddy and A. E. Purple. 



150. REUBEN" BLISH. 
(John,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

REUBEN,^ s. of John* (46) and Abigail ( ) Blish, 

was b. 16 Jany. 1757, at Colchester, Conn. He m. Sept. 1800, 
Demis Wright. 

CHILD. 
311. JOHN HENRY, b. 23 May 1802, at Colchester. 

1809. "Demas Blish, adult, and John Henry Blish, were baptiz- 
ed." 

References — Colch. Tn. and Ch. Rec. 



156. LOIS= BLISH ISHAM. 
(John,* Tristram,' Joseph,'' Abraham.^) 
LOIS' dtr. of John* (46) and Abigail ( ) Blish,. 



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95 



"was b 1770, at Colchester, Conn. She m. 28 Sept. 

1790, Joseph Isham 3rd. 

CHILDREN. ^,j 

312. "DAN, thr. son." b. 23 Oct. 1791. 

313- DAVID ISHAM, b. 9 June 1793, and d. 13 Apr. 1796. 

314. SALLY ISHAM, b. 30 Nov. 1795. 

315. EDWARD ISHAM, b. 14 July 1799. 

316. MARY ISHAM, b. 12 Sept. 1801. 

317. HARRY ISHAM, b. 4. Jany. 1803. : 

318. JOSEPH ISHAM, and , . , ,, o , 
3.9. LOIS ISHAM, twns. b. 23 Mar. 1806. 

Lois^ Bhsh Isham d. 14 Feby. 1841 aet. 71. 

References — Colch. Tn. Rec. ' ', ' ' 



158. JOHN DENISON=^ BLISH. 

(John,^ Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.*) 

JOHN DENISON" s. of John* (46) and Sarah (Gardner)' 

Blish, was b Feb. 1786, at Colchester, Conn. He m. 

Oct. 1809, at Hamilton, N. Y. (?), Hannah, dtr. of Qiarles and 
Elizabeth (Sweetland) Otis.* 

CHILDREN. 

320. ELIZA GOOLD," b. 16 Aug. 1811, at Smyrna, N. Y. (?) 

321. PRUDENCE OTIS," b. 19 Jany. 1814. m Mott. 

Hannah Otis Blish d. 22 Jany. 1818, and John Denison Blish 

m. 2nd Elcy (Elsie) dtr. of Liffiet (Eliphalet) and Abby (Abi- 
gail) Collins. She was b 1/92, at Enfield, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

322 HANN.\H COLLINS." b. 22 May 1820, at Lebanon, N. Y. 

323.+CHARLES DENISON." b. 29 June 1822, at Hamilton, N. Y. 

324.+JOHN SWEETLAND," b. 22 July 1824, at Hamilton, N. Y. 



*Charles Otis b. 29 Oct. 1760, m. Elizabeth Sweetland. His dtr. Han- 
nah, m. John Blish. His son Chas. G. Otis lived at Earlville, N. Y. and is 
a Justice of the Peace. (1850.) 

Elizabeth Sweetland was b. Gould of E. Haddam, Conn. 
Chas. Otis took the oath of fidelity at Colchester. 17 Dec. 1782, and seb 
tied at Hamilton, N. Y. (N. E. Gen. Regr. Vol. 4.) 

"'Sarah ye wife of John Sweetland & who was ye widow Treadway, 
Deceased February 28th 1753." (Colch. Tn. Rec. Vol. 2.) 



96 FIFTH GENERATION. 

325. FREDERICK," b. 15 Apr. 1839, at Hamilton, N. Y. 

John Denison^ Blish had only a conimon school education, 
his father dying when he was young, and he at once left home and 
earned his own living from that time. The greater part of his 
life was spent as a hotel keeper at Hamilton, N. Y., where he lived 
for over 40 years. He was six feet in height, broadshouldered and 
well proportioned, and very strong and active. He was kind and 
charitable and recognised as a man of unswerving integrity. In 
his tastes he was simple, very fond of good horses and live stock 
of any kind. 

He d. 30 Oct. 1S62, at Hamilton, N. Y. His wife, Elcy, d. 
31 Dec. 18S7, at Brooklyn, N. Y., and was buried at Hamilton. 

References — Colch Tn. Rcc, N. E. Gen. Rcgr., Gardner 
Gen'y. and letters of John Szveetland Blish. 



160. ELIZABETH^ (BLISH) LITTLE. 

(Joseph.* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ELIZABETH^ or "Betsey," dtr. of Joseph* (47) and Eliza- 
beth (Skinner) Blish, was b. 22 May 1756, at Colchester, Conn. 

She m. Barzillai, s. of Judah Little and Townsend. 

He was b 1750, probably in Tolland county. Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

I. NIAL," b. 29 Apr. 1775. m. Rlwda Root, 4 Sept. 1803. d. 2 Feb. 

1834, at Becket, Mass. 

II. BARZILLAI,' . b. 8 Sept. 1778. m. Hepltesebah Howe, 28 

Mar. 1810. She was b. 5 May 1780. He d. 8 Apr. 1838. 

III. WARREN,' b. 5 Sept. 1782. m. ist. Potty Gillette. 2nd Susannah 
Spencer, 18 Sept. 181 1, and 3rd. Mary Kennedy. He d. S Nov. 
1868. Lived at Aurora, Ohio. 

iV. RUSSELL,' b. 5 Sept. 1782. m. ist. Sa\ly MacI;, and 2nd. Eliza- 
beth Kendall. He d. 7 May 1865. Resided at Lenox, Mass. 

V. CHARLES HENRY,' b. 3 Oct. 1784. m. ist. Sally Watson. 2nd. 
Minerva Lived at Middlefield, Mass., d. 24 Dec. 1841. 

VI. BETSEY,' b. 23 Dec. 1785 m. Elijah Alford, d. 15 Aug, 1851. 
Vn. NANCY,' b. 5 Sept. 1791 m. 14 Mar. 1815, James Church of Mid- 
dlefield, Mass. d. 6 Apr. 1863. 

VIIL SARAH,' b. 22 Jany. 1795 m. 15 Oct. 1820, Philip Meacltam, d. 5 
Feb. 1859. 



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BLISH GENEALOGY. 97 

IX. AMASA," b. 17 Aug. 1800. m. Achsah Smith, d. 13 Nov. 1885 at 
Windam, O. 

Barzillai Little d. 13 Dec. 1835, and his wife, Betsey, d. 8 Aug, 
1838, and both are buried at Middlefield, Mass. 

The family claim that all of the children were born in Middle- 
field, Mass, in which conclusion the compiler cannot coincide. The 
fact that their births are recorded there, is not conclusive. It was 
customary upon removal to a new plaec, to there record the births 
of all the children, whether born there or not. For instance the 
births of all the children of Tristram Blish (14) are recorded in 
Colchester, Conn. The first four of them are known to have been 
born in Barnstable, Mass., and were recorded there before he moved 
to Colchester. It is quite probable that at least the two oldest 
children were born in Connecticut. 

Barizillai Little served for a few months as trumpeter in the 
Conn. Liq-ht Horse, under Capt. Joel Loomis and IMajor Backus. 
He enlisted 7 Sept. 1776, and was discharged, with the Company, 
4 Oct. 1776. In Sept. 1776, this company was ordered 
to join the army near New York. In Nov. 1776, the 
following general order was entered : "A relief having 
come for his Light Horse, under Major Backus, that corps 
is now dismissed, with the General's hearty thanks for their faith- 
ful services and the cheerfulness and alacrity they have shown on 
all occasions." They were discharged when Washington began 
his famous retreat from New York through New Jersey. 

References— Middlefield, Mass. Tn. & Ch. Rec., Colch. Tn. 
Rcc., Conn, in the Revolution, and letters of Rev. Chas. Eugene 
Little. 



161. JOSEPH^ BLISH, (BLUSH) JR. 

(Joseph,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

JOSEPH^ Jr. s. of Joseph* (47) and Elizabeth (Skinner) 
Blish, was b. 24 Jany. 1762 at Bolton, Conn. Intentions of his 
marriage to Sevila Taylor, were published in Middlefield, Mass., 
9 Aug. 1784. 

CHILDREN. 

326. + OLIVER,' b. II Dec. 1796, at Burlington, Vermont. 

327. DANIEL," b 



98 FIFTH GENERATION. 

There probably were other children, possibly William, Harvey 

and Volney. 

Joseph^ Blish Jr. Removed from Connecticut to Middlefield, 
Mass. with his father, Joseph* (47). The exact date is not known, 
but he was there in 1783, as appears from the following record: 

"1783. IMay 28. Voted that Joseph Leonard and Joseph Blish 
Jr. be grave diggers or sextons for the ensuing year." 

"1785. Mar. 14. Joseph Blish Jr. and Lewis Taylor chosen 
grave diggers." He soon after left Middlefield and went 
to Burlington, Vermont, and lived in that vicinity until 
his death. 

"1784. Aug. 9. Intentions of marriage bet. Joseph Blish Jr. 
and Sevila Taylor was published according to law, 

per me, Solomon Ingham, T" Clerk." 
Joseph Blish served in Capt. Olcotts Company, in Col. 
Wolcotts Regt. of Conn, troops in the Revolutionary war. 
His name appears on a roll dated Winchester, Sept. 25, 
1776, and shows that he marched Aug. 19, and was 44 
days in service. It is also shown by the records, that he 
was a private in Capt. Cone's Company, in Col. J. Well's 
Regt. of Conn. Militia, in the Revolutionary war. His 
name appears on a roll not dated, but opposite his name 
appears :-"Marched Aug. 23, 1779; Joined Aug. 26, 1779. 
Discharged Oct. 26. Days in service, 67." 
His descendants claim that he was a revolutionary pen- 
sioner, but the records of the Bureau of Pensions show 
that he applied for a pension Aug. 17th, 1832, by the 
name of Joseph Blush. He was then living at Williston, 
Vermont. The service claimed in his application is as 
follows :- 

"Fall 1778. I mo. Private in Capt. Robert's Co. Conn. 
Aug. 1779. 3 mos. Private in Capt. Cone's Co. Col. 
Wyllys' Regt. Conn. 

Aug. 1780. 2 mos. Private in Capt. Ezekiel Olcott's 
Co., Col. Chapman, Conn. 

This record says that he enlisted at Bolton, Conn., and 
that his claim was rejected "for want of proof of ser- 
vice." The records now in the War Dept. known as the 
"Record Pension Office" were at the time in a chaotic 
condition and not available for proof. The fact that he 
spelled his name Blush, while the record says Blish, may 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 99 

have injured his chances. All of his descendants adhere 
to the change of spelling. He d. in Jany. 1849 or 1850, 
He was hale and strong to the last. Went to sleep in 
his chair and never woke. The story current with his 
grand-children, is that he walked half a mile, on a bit- 
terly cold day, to visit his daughter, who was surprised 
to see him in such weather. He sat by the fire-place, 
while she went to get him a cup of tea, and when she re- 
turned he was dead. 

References — Bolton, Conn. Tn. Rcc, Middle-field, Mass. Tn. 
Rec, Hist, of the Conn. Valley, Vol. i. Conn, in the Revolution, 
Bureau of Pensions and Record Pension Office, Washington, D. C. 



162. OLIVERS BLUSH. (BLISH.) 

(Joseph,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.') 

OLIVER^' s. of Joseph* (47) and Elizabeth (Skinner) 
Blish, was b. 28 Mar. 1764, at Bolton, Conn. He m. i June 1786, 
at Middlefield, Mass., Sarah, dtr. of Elisha and Mary (Ellis) 
Mack. She was b. 6 July, 1767, at Middlefield, Mass. There 
was no issue of this marriage, but they adopted a 

CHILD. 

328.-FSALLY WHEELER, b. 12 Oct. 1795. She m. Sept, 1815, Orrin 
Smith of Cumington, Mass., and d. 25 Apr. 1848. 

Sarah (Mack) Blush d. 10 July 1818, and he m. (2), 20 Dec. 
1820, Mary Field. She outlived him, and d. 28 Oct. 1872, age 89 
years. 

Oliver Blush was the principal hotel keeper in Middlefield for 
many years, and his house was the favorite stopping place in the 
days of stage coaches. The old building is still standing, but con- 
siderably altered. The compiler saw it in 1899. It was the oc- 
cupied by Mrs. Mary Newton, a most estimable lady, as a Post Of- 
fice and Circulating Library. She was well acquainted with Oli- 
iver Blush, and pointed out just how the house was arranged and 
used by him, including the bar room, which was in those days an 
indispensible part of every hotel. He was a jovial man, a good 
story teller and a very popular landlord. 

Oliver Blush d. 18 July 1846, and is buried in the old par- 

L.ofC. 



loo FIFTH GENERATION. 

sonage lot east of the village. The following curious inscrip- 
tions appear on the tombstones of him and his first wife : 

"In Memory of / Mrs. Sarah Blush / wife of /Mr. Oliver 
Blush / who died / July loth. 1818 / Aged 51 years. / Farewell 
my friends / Tho' you I love / I hope for better / friends above." 

In Memory of/Mr. Oliver Blush/who died/July 18, 1846, 
/AE. 82 yrs. / Farewell my Friends / Dry up your tears / My 
dust lies here / Till Christ appears." 

The Town record gives his occupation at the time of his 
death as a farmer, and the cause of his death as "old age-paralyt- 
ic." 

References — Middleficld, Mass. Tn. & Ch. Rec. Mack Gen. 
and Bolton, Conn. Tn. Rec. 



163. AMASA^ BLUSH. 

(Joseph,* Tristram, ■'' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

AMASA'^ s. of Joseph* (47) and Elizabeth (Skinner) Blish, 
was b. 29 June 1766, at Bolton, Conn. He m. 3 Feby. 1802, at 
Middlefield, Mass., Nancy, dtr. of Thomas and Elizabeth ( 
) Durant.* She was b. about June 1778. 

CHILDREN. 
329.+AMASA, Jr." b. 16 Jany. 1803. d. 24 Jany. 1828, aged 25. 
330.+OLIVER," b. 18 Sept. 1806. 
33i-|-\VILLIAM DURANT,' b. 3 Feby. 1809. 
332. NANCY ADALNE,' b. 22 Sept. 181 1. 

333- JULIA ANN,' b. 9 June 1814. m. Ira B. Sampson, 10 June 1834. 

The Ch. record says Ina Sampson and gives the date as June 2nd. 

334- WILLIAM CLARK,' b This name is given 

in the bafitismal list, as one of the children of Amasa and Nancy 
Bhish .. The name again occurs in a list of persons liable for 
military duty, June 1854. 

Amasa^ Blush was the founder of the manufacturing indus- 
tries at the factory village near Middlefield Centre. He bought 

*Thomas Durant came from Boston to Middlefield. He was a soldier 
in the Revolutionary war. He d. 2 Aug. 1831. aged 84. Elizabeth his wife, 
used to tell her children and grand-children of liearing the ' cannon at the 
battle of Bunker Hill. She d. 17 Mar. 1853, at the age of 100 yrs. 9 mos. 
and 12 days. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. loi 

Ihe old Herrick clothing mill about 1800 and ran it many years. 
He built a saw mill on the west side of the river about 1805 and 
also a new clothing mill for finishing custom work. In 181 5 he 
erected another factory a little below. This building was 36 by 
80 feet and three stories high. In this factory his sons William 
D. and Oliver succeeded him about 1830. The factory was burn- 
ed in 1850 and rebuilt. This was destroyed in 1874 by the flood 
caused by the dam giving away, the building being a total wreck. 
Oliver^ Blush (330) was the sole owner at the time, his brother 
William D.'' having previously withdrawn and established wood- 
turning works a little below. His building was also destroyed by 
the flood, and none of them were rebuilt. 

Amasa'^ Blush d. according to the inscription on his tomb- 
stone, 18 Nov. 1835. The Church-record says Nov. 14. Nancy 
(Durant) Elish united with the church 3 Sept. 1820. She d. 15 
■Oct. 1841, aged 63. Both are buried in the West Cemetery near 
Middlefield. 

References — Bolton, Conn. Tn. Rcc, Middlefield, ]\Iass. Tn. 
& Ch. Rec., Hist, of Conn. I'alley, Vol I. and tombstones. 



165. DEA. DAVID= BLISH. 

(David,^ Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

DAVID^ s. of David* (49) and Zeruiah ( Skinner) Blish, 

was b. 16 Sept. 1753, at Glastonbury, Conn. He m 

Lucy, dtr. of Obadiah and Sarah (Talcott) Wilco.x. She was b 
10 Apr. 1753, at Surry, N. H. 

CHILDREN. 
34i-+ANNE,» b. 22 July 1776, at Glastonbury, Conn. 
342. LUCY." b. 27 Jany. 1778. d. 22 Mar. 1778. 
343-+DANIEL,' b. 29 Aug. 1780. 

344-+LUCY,° (2nd.)° b. 14 Aug. 1782, at Gilsutn, N. H, 
34S.+HOPE.'' b. 30 July 1784, at Gilsum, N. H. 
346.+DAVID,' b. I Nov. 1786, at Gilsum, N. H 
347.+ZERUL\H,' b. 16 June 1789, at Gilsum, N. H. 
348. + DEMIS,'' b. 30 June 1791. at Gilsum N. H 
349.+JOHN." b. 21 Mar. 1793. at Gilsum, N. H. 

350. MII.LICENT.' b. 17 Aug. 1799. at Gilsum. N. H. m. i Dec 1814 
Jonatlian Webster, M. D. at Gilsum. Lived at Willsboro, Penn 



102 FIFTH GENERATION. 

David'^ Blish was a very forceful man and active in all public 
matters in Gilsum, N. H. He was one of the leaders in the 
Church, which seems to have been informally organized, at first. 
He was early, 1694, chosen one of the Deacons, which office he 
held during his life. A new church building was begun in 1789, 
but was not finished until 1793, although meetings were held in 
it from 1790. 

1789. Nov. 5. Twenty Pounds, in labor, was voted for under- 
pinning the church, and Ebenezer Kilbourn, Ebenezer 
Bill, Ebenezer Dart, Samuel Whitney and David Blish 
were made a committee to see to the work. 
In those days it was customary to tax every citizen for 
the support of the church, and it was not an unusual oc- 
curence for some one to refuse to pay the tax. In July, 
1802, Jehiel Holdredge, David Blish and Zadoc Hurd 
were appointed at Town Meeting, to stand suit with a 
prominent citizen, who refused to pay his "minister tax," 
and one hundred dollars was voted to carry on the suit. 
They were evidently contending for a principle, as the 
tax could not amount to a tithe of the amount voted to 
carry on the suit. The contest, hovwever seems to have 
increased, until it became a reproach to tlie church, and 
this tax was gradually allowed to lapse. In 1816 forty 
men of Gilsum, among whom was Deacon David Blish, 
obtained a charter for a Congregational Society. Before 
this, however, the Methodists had organized a society, 
(1801). Meetings were first held at private houses, and 
for a time in Dea. Kilbourn's barn. Rev. Elijah Hedding, 
later Bishop Hedding, preached her in 1806, and four 
years later married Lucy, dtr. of Dea. David Blish. 
Nearly all of Dea. Blish's family went over to the Meth- 
odist church, and we find Anna, David Jr., John, Lucy 
and Zeruiah Blish and even Lucy, his wife, in the ranks 
of the early Methodists. The Kilbourn family went over 
in a body. Deacon Blish stuck to the Congregational 
church, and in 1819, William Mack was chosen in his 
place, he having died. 

Extracts from the Gilsum, N. H. Town records. 
1794. "Voted to sell the School Rite of Land Belongin to the 
Town. Mr. Saml. Whitney, John Mark, Zadoc Hurd 
and David Blish to be a Committee to sell s"* Land." The 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 103 

first school houses were probably built that year as we 
find the following: "Voted to raise one hundred and 
twenty lb. to Bild four schoolhouses in the town ; one in 
Each Destrick. Q^ose Capt. holdredge, James Ballard, 
timothy Dart, Jesse Dart, Capt. kilboern, David Adams, 
David Blish, Samuel Bill and Capt. Fuller a Committee 
to serv the Destricks for Bilding S<^ houses." 
(The need of schoolhouses is apparent on the record.) 

1798. "Voted that David Blish ceep the notes Reed, for the 
School Rite" Qiose Capt, Hurd, Majah Bill, David Blish 
a Committee to take care of the money Reed, for School 
Rite." 

1804. Aug. The repairs on two bridges were put up at public 
"vandue" and the "Bridge by Griswold's Mills" was bid 
off by David Blish, at sixteen dollars. 
David' Blish held many Town offices. 
He was Moderator at the Town Metings of 1805-7-8-12 
13-14-16. 

He was Tithing-man 1789, 1806-14-16-17. 
He was Town Treasurer from 1791 to 1794. 
He was Town Qerk for nine years. 
He was Selectman 1787, 1792-6-7-9, 1801-4-7-8-9- 

13-14- 

He was Justice of the Peace from 1790 to 181 5. 

He was Representative in the Legislature for Gilsum & 

Surry 1795, 1801, 1803, 1813 and 1815. 

In New England everybody rode on horseback until some 
time after the beginning of the eighteenth century. Tlie women 
had side-saddles and rode by themselves, or oftener behind father, 
brother, husband, or lover, on a pillion, holding on with one aiTn 
around him, Every door-yard had a "horse-block" from which 
to mount. The first wheeled carriage in this section was owned 
by Dr. Adams, of Keene, N. H. Deacon Blish got one about the 
same time (1810). 

The people ridiculed them, and said it was terrible for the 
horses. It was a common saying that hauling a buggy was like 
"dragging a cat by the tail." 

It is related that Capt. David Fuller had an encounter with a 
bear on Surry mountain. He shot and the animal fell. The Capt. 
thinking him dead, incautiously approached without reloading 
his gun, when the bear suddenly recovered and attacked him. He 



104 FIFTH GENERATION. 

fled and climbed a tree, wher the bear guarded him until his cries 
brought assistance. The bear then fled, running past where 
'Squire David Blish was at work in a clearing, a.xe in hand. See- 
ing the bear close upon him he dropped his axe and looked for a 
club. This was a standing joke on the Deacon for many years. 
The bear got away. 

Lucy Wilsox Blish was a great reader and very fond of so- 
ciety and dress. Some of her silks are still preserved by members 
of the family. Her father Obadiah Wilcox was b. in Conn. July 
1724. d. Surry, N. H. 20 Feb 1810. Her mother, Sarah Talcott 
was b. in Conn. Mar. 1734. d. Surry, N. H. 2t Sept. 1809. 

Dea. David" Blish d. 5 Dec. 1817, at Gilsum, N. H. and is 
buried there. The inscription on his tombstone reads as follows : 

Erected in Memory of. / DAVID BLISH ESQr. / who died 
Dec. 5th. 181 7 / In the 65th. year of his age. / The dead shall be 
raised incorruptible. 

"Lo, where this silent marble weeps, 
A friend, a father and a husband sleeps ; 
A heart within whose sacred cell, 
The peaceful virtues loved to dwell." 

Lucy (Wilcox) Blish d. 20 Dec. 1843, ^t Lawrenceville, St. 
Lawrence Co. N. Y. in her 90th, year. The Christian Advocate 
for Deer. 1843, contained the following:- "Died. Dec. 20, 1843, at 
Lawrenceville, N. Y., at the residence of David Blish Jr., Lucy, 
wife of the late David Blish and mother of the wife of Bishop Hed- 
ding, in the 90th. year of her age. After having lived and served 
God for so many years in the Church on earth, she has been re- 
moved to the Qiurch in Heaven." 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rcc., Taintor's Colch. 
Conn. Rcc., Hayzvard's Hist, of Gilsum, N. H., Talcott Genealogy. 



169. DEA. THOMAS' BLISH. 

(David,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

Thomas' s. of David* (49) and Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish, was 
b. 13 Sept. 1762 in Gastonbury, Conn. He m. 21 Sept. 1785, 
Prudence dtr. of Elizur and Abigail (Hollister) Hubbard, and sis- 




ULU UUMLMtAU OF DEACON THOMAS BLISH, 
IN GLASTONBURY, CONN. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 105 

ter of Capt. Elizur Hubbard of Revolutionary fame. She was b. 
23 Apr. 1767, in Glastonbury, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
371.+AARON HUBBARD," b. 31 July 1786. 

372. + DOROTHY,'' b. 8 Apr. 1789. 

373. + SYLVESTER," b. 31 Dec. 1790. Bap. 20 Mar. 1791. 
374.+ADALINE PAMELIA," b. 7 Aug. 1808. Bap. 2i Oct. 1808. 



Thomas"' Blish was a tall man of good figure, with light hair 
and blue eyes, and while a man of very even temper, he v;as w ry 
firm in his opinions. His wife, Prudence was a small woman, of 
dark complexion, black hair and snapping black eyes. She was 
nervous, fiery and high strung, and the very anthesis of her hus- 
band. 

Thomas" Blish was a farmer, owning several hundred 
acres of land in Eastbury, which means East Glastonbury. 

1790. Mar. 29. "Thomas and Prudence Blish renewed their bap- 
tismal covenant." 

1793. Dec. 9. Was chosen one of the haywards of the Town. 

1796. Dec. II. Was chosen Tithingman, and again in 1797. 

1800. Nov. 3. Was chosen surveyor of highways and also one of 
the listers. 

1806. Oct. 29. "Dr. Joseph Hall was given liberty to set up In- 
oculation in this Town under direction of the Selectmen." 
This entry will call to mind the vigorous opposition to vac- 
cination, or "inoculation" as it was first called, as a pre- 
ventive of small-pox. Dr. Edward Jenner had announced 
his discovery in England, in 1798, and it was violently 
condemned both by the physicians and the clerg\'. The 
good people of Glastonbury seem to have been disposed 
to let Dr. Hall try it, "under the direction of the Select- 
men.") 

181 1. Nov. I. Again chosen hayward. 

1813. June 4. "Brother Thomas Blish and Appleton Holms were 
chosen a committee to let out the Churches moneys now 
on hand." 

1819. Sept. 22. "At the adjourned meeting from our last sacra- 



io6 FIFTH GENERATION. 

mental lecture, the Church were led to a choice of a dea- 
con, and they made choice of brother Thomas Blish. 
1819. Nov. 3. "The Qiurch met according to adjournment. 
Meeting opened by a lecture. Mr. Thomas Blish gave 
answer and accepted the Deacons office in this Church. 
Meeting was then adjourned to our next sacramental lec- 
ture."He held this ottice during the remainder of his hie. 
He had a still on his farm, and made apple brandy and 
rum. In those days liquors were kept on the sideboard, 
in every house. As the minister went by, on a cold day, 
on his way to cliurch, it was not uncommon to call him in 
and give hi.m a glass of hot toddy. Barrels of hard cider 
were in every cellar, and were seldom allowed to spoil. 
Aboist 1828 a temperance movement \vas started, and 
waged with such vigor, that it threatened to disrupt some 
of the congregations. The old Eastbury church was 
drawn into the conflict. Deacon Goslee and many of the 
members espoused the temperence cause, while Deacon 
Blish and others opposed it. Much bitterness was e.xhib- 
ited, but finally better counsels prevailed and harmony 
restored. 

Thomas^ Blish d. 15 Apr. 1S31, and is buried in the East 
Cemetery, which is south of his old farm. 
1831. Apr. 20. Ad.iiinistration was granted on his estate to Pru- 
dence Blish, widow, and Sylvester Blish, son of the dceas- 
ed. Bond of §5000 was given, with David E. Hubbard 
as surety, and David E. Hubbard and Roger^ Blish were 
Appointed as appraisers. Six months limit was allowed 
to creditors. 



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Prudence, the widow remained with her son, Sylvester, 
until he removed to Wethersfield, Illinois, in 1837. She 
followed in 1838, and we find the following entry in the 
church records. "At the request of widow Prudence Blish, 
the Qiurch voted to give her a letter of dismission and 
recommendation." 

She remained in Wethersfield, Illinois for a time and then 
went to Rockton Ills, to live with her daughter, Dorothy 
Talcott, where she remained until her death, which oc- 
cured in 1848. 
References — Glastonburx. Conn. Tn. Rec, Eastbury Ch. Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. lo^ 

173. AARON^ BLISH. 

(David/ Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

AARON'' s. of David"' UyJ and Zeruiah (Skinner) Blish, 

was b. 21 Oct. 1768, at Glastonbury, Conn. He m 

Roxanna, dtr. of Webster, and she was bom 

29jidyi774. 

CHILDREN. 

381. FRANCES.' b. 22 Nov. 1792, in Glastonbury, Conn. 

382. + NOVATUS,' b. 3 Apr. 1795- -: 
383.+AR!ST.\RCHUS.'' b. 21 Mar. 1797. 

384.+RODERIC SKLXNER," b. 21 July 1800. 

385. HENRY M," b. 30 Oct. 1802. d. 21 Apr. 1S27. 

386. SOPHI.\ L.° b. II Mar. 1805. m. Burr Gould. 

387. SALLY T.° b. 13 Sept. 1807. m. Scllick Gould. 
383.+.\LMIRA S.' b. 15 July 181 1 m. Harrison French. 
38.5. LEWIS J.' b. I Mar. 1813. d. 4 Aug. 1834. 

390. -"-EMILY," b. 2 June 1816. m. Bcthucl Sutherland. 

Aaron^ Blish after his marriage removed to New York State. 
He first settled on the river by the flouring mill below Kortright, 
He remained there for twenty years or more; then sold out and 
went into the Genesee Valley, near Rochester, intending to settle 
there, but hearing of the new Ohio country, he went out prospecting. 
While in Ohio he contracted fever and ague, and soon repented 
his venture. He returned to the Genesee Valley, but finding his 
ague no better there he returnd to Delaware county, and bought 
land on Rose's Brook, where he remained until his death. He was a 
farmer all his lifetime. He was a large man of commanding ap- 
pearance, and of sterling character. 

The exact date when he left Connecticut is not known, 
but it must have been early, as only one entry is found in the Town 
records of Glastonbury mentioning his name. 

1792. Dec. 10. "John Case, Saml. Stratton 3rd. George Hunt, 
Roger Hollister and Aaron Blish chosen collectors of 
Town taxes." 

■ References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rcc, Hi.<;t. Delaware 
Co. N. Y., Whitney Family Genealogy, Letters of Norvatus AL 
Blish (382,) 



io8 FIFTH GENERATION. 

173. ROGERS BLISH. 

(David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,'- Abraham/) 

ROGER'"' s. of David' (49) and Zeruiah (Skinner) Bhsh, 

was b. 23 May 1770, in Glastonbury, Conn. He m 

Demis, dtr. of Daniel and Mary ( ) Hosford. 

She was bap. in 1772. 

CHILDREN. 

400. HARRIET," b. 7 July 1795. d. 26 Oct. 1803. 

401. AMELIA," b. 14 June 1797. m. Henry Brainard, n d 

Aug. 1866. 

402. PRUDENCE HUBBARD." b. 5 Apr. 1799 m. Howell Root, far- 

mer, 5 June 1850. 
403.+AUGUSTUS," b. 20 Aug. 1801. 
404.+AARON HOSFORD," b. 3 Nov. 1803. 
40S.+CHAUNCY," b. 4 Dec. 1807. 
406. MARY," b. 25 Sept. 1810. 
407.+HARRIET ELIZA," b. 9 Aug. 1812. 
408. ZERUI.\H ANN," b. 17 July i8i4. m. to Isaac Bigclow Buell, 

II Jany. 1837, by Charles Nichols, M. G. d Feb. 1861. 

409.+DANIEL," b. 28 Oct. 1817. 



(r\ 



1793. Dec. 9. Was chosen one of the tax collectors of the Town. 

1796. Dec. 12. Chosen one of the Town listers. 

1797. Dec. I. Chosen surveyor of highways, and again in 1802. 
1807. Jany. 7. Roger Blish gave his father and mother a bond 

in the sum of $2000.. ."The condition of the obligation is 
such, that if the said Roger Blish shall during the term of 
their and each of their natural lives, furnish the said Da- 
vid Blish and Zeruiah Blish, with whatever shall be neces- 
sary (in addition to the use of property this day leasd by 
said Roger to said David,) to their honorable and com- 
fortable support, and also honorably and comfortably 
support his sister Anne Blish, for the full term of ten 
years from the next after the first day of April, one 
thousand eight hundred and seven, then this obligation to 
be void and of no effct ; otherwise to remain in full force 
and virtue. 






OLD HOMESTEAD OF KOGEK BL16H. 
IN MARLBOROUGH, CONN'. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 109 

In witness wherof I have set my hand the day and date 

aforesaid. 

Roger Blisli." 

Roger BHsh and Demas, his wife, united with the Church 
at Alarlboro' 13 Oct. 1817. Roger Dimmis and Pru- 
dence Bhsh, are on the Hst of church members in 1828, 
and Prudence Bhsh and Mary L. Bhsh on the Hst for 
183 1. All of the children except Daniel were baptized 
22 June, 1817. 

1827. Jany. 16. "Capt. Theodore Lord, Deac" David Skinner 
and RogerBlish were made a committee for the purpose 
of calling a council for the dismission of the Pastor." 

1838. Apr. 4. Roger Blish filed a petition showing that Joanna 
Blish had been appointed gurdian of her dang'hters Sarah 
and Adaline, June 2nd. 1835, and that the estate of said 
minors was being wasted by reason of the neglect of said 
guardian. She was cited to appear, and on hearing was 
removed and Elmon Strong was appointed in her stead, 
Apr. 14, 1838, and gave bond with Roger Blish as surety. 

He was one of the appraisers in the estate of Thomas Blish, 
and Aaron Hubbard" Blish. He was a friend and neighbor of 
Thaddeus Wells, father of Gideon Wells, who was afterwards 
Secretary of the Navy under President Lincoln. Both were ap- 
pointed to divide the real estate of Aaron Hubbard'' Blish among 
his heirs. 

Like all of this family, Roger Blish was a large man physically 
but better than this, was a man of unswerving honesty and fear- 
less in the discharge of what he believed to be his duty. The 
course he pursued in the matter of his nephew Aaron Hubbarc?" 
Blish's children exhibits this quality. 

He died 27 Dec. 1856, in Marlboro, and his remains are 
interreed at Marlboro Centre ; his wife, Demis having died 6 Feby. 
of the same year. 

In his will dated 19 Jany. 1854, he gives to his wife Demis the 
use of one-third of his real estate during life and all of his furni- 
ture "to her own use and dispose." Gives to son Daniel, all his 
lands lying in the Town of Glastonbury, called the "Bayley lot," 
also all farming tools and other personal property ; to daughter 
Amelia Brainard, daughter Prudence H. Root and son Augus- 
tus, f 220, each ; to son Aaron H. Blish and son Chauncey, $400, 
each ; to daughter Mary Lord $220 ; to Grand-daughters Harriet 



no FIFTH GENERATION. 

and Helen Carrier, $200; to daughter Zeruiah Buell I220; "the 
above legacies to be paid to my son Daniel in two years after my 
decease.' 

This will was probated 26 Jany. 1857. The Inventory men- 
tions 255 acres of land, with buildings. DanieP Blish administer- 
ed the estate, and also settled the estate of Demis Blish, his mother, 
in June 1857. 

References — Colchester, Conn. Tn. Rcc., Marlboro, Conn 
Prob. Tn, and CIi. Rec. Hartford, Conn. Prob. Rcc. and Glaston- 
bury, Conn. Tn. Ree. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. ill 



SIXTH GENERATION. 



255. MERCY" BLISH CROCKER. 

(Joseph,'* Joseph,' Joseph,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

MERCY," dtr. of Joseph'* (75) and Sarah (Crocker) Blish 
was b. 4 May 1758, at West Barnstable, Mass. She was m. to 
Winslow s. of Daniel and Phebe (Winslow) Crocker. He was b. 
31 Dec. 1755. 

CHILDREN. 

II. REBECCA' CROCKER, b. 10 Jany. 1785. d. unmarried, 8 May 1814. 
I. PHEBE' CROCKER, b. 9 Mar. 1781. m. Alvan Crocker. 

III. SOPHIA' CROCKER, b. 26 Dec. 1786. d. unm. 12 Nov. 1819. 

IV. WATSON' CROCKER, b. 4 Sept. 1788. m. Dainaris Crocker & 

{2) Hannah Nye. 

V. GEORGE' CROCKER, b. 7 Dec. 1791. m. Alice Hoxic d. 10 Mar. 

1823. 

VI. ARTHUR BLISH' CROCKER, b. 29 July 1794. m. EUsa IVhel- 

don & (2) Elniira Parks. 
VU. EDWARD WINSLOW' CROCKER, b. 29 June 1798. m. SaHy 
Scars, d. i Mar. 1865. 

Winslow Crocker was a descendant of Dea. William and his 
wife Alice of Scituate, 1636. 

References — Barn. Tu. Rcc, Freeman's Cape Cod, and Wins- 
low Gen. 



228. ELIZABETH" (BLISH) MARSTON. 

(Joseph," Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^ 

ELIZABETH," dtr. of Joseph" (75) and Sarah (Crocker) 
Blish, was b. 31 July 1765, at West Barnstable, Mass. The bans 
for her marriage were published 20 May 1786, and she was m. to 
Winslow, s. of Prince and Sarah (Winslow) Marston, 22 July 
1786, by the Rev. Oakes Shaw. He was b. i June 1764. 



112 SIXTH GENERATION. 

CHILDREN. 

I. Hon. NYMPHAS MARSTON,' b. i Feb. 1788. He graduated at 
Harvard Uuniv. in 1807, was a member of the Mass. Senate, 
Judge of Probate and leader of the Barnstable Co. bar. 

n. MARY MARSTON,' b. 28 June 1790. m. Luther Hinckley, D. D. 

III. Hon. CHARLES MARSTON,' b. 21 July 1792. Was also 

State Senator and High Sheriff. 

IV. PRENTICE MARSTON,' b. 22 Mar. 1795. d. 7 Nov. 1814. 

V. PHEBE MARSTON,' b. 28 June 1799, d. 22 Dec 1804. 

Winslow Marston, at his marriage, settled in Barnstable on 
the farm of his uncle, Nymphas Marston, which was devised to him 
by his said itncle, as his adopted son. He was a man of disting- 
uished virtues, a deacon in the church and quite wealthy. He was 
a descendant of John Marston, who came to Salem, Mass. from 
Ormsby, Town of Yarmouth, England, in the ship "Rose of Yar- 
mouth." 

John Marston was registered as "servant to widow J\Iary 
Moulton, age 20 years." 

He m. Alice Eden, who came over in the same ship and from 
the same place. He was a carpenter by trade. 

Winslow Marston d. 10 Dec. 1857 according to Barnstable 
records though the Marston Genealogy has the date 6 Jany. 1852. 

Elizabeth, his wife, d. 5 Aug. 1837. 

References — Barn. Tu. Rcc. Freeman's Cape Cod^ Winslow 
Gen. & Marston Gen. 



229. MAJOR JOSEPH^ BLISH JR. 

(Joseph,^ Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,-' Abraham.^) 

MAJOR JOSEPH" s. of Lieut. Joseph^ (75) and Sarah 
•-(Crocker) Blish, was b. 9 Sept. 1767, at West Barnstable, 1\Iass. 
He was m. 5 June 1789, to Temperance, dtr. of the Rev. Oakes 
Shaw, of Great Marshes, and a sister of Qiief Justice Shaw of Bos- 
ton. She was b. 16 Sept. 1767. 

CHILDREN. 
420.-I-JOSEPH,' b. 14 Apr. 1790. 
42I.+CHAKLES,' b. 12 Apr. 1792. 
422.-I-GEORGE,' b. 5 June 1794. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 113 

423. EBENEZER; b. 18 July 1796. d. Apr. 1S23. in Newburg, S. Car- 
olina, unmarried. 

424.+OAKES SHAW/ b. 16 Mar. 1798. 

42s. ELIZA WELD,' b. 25 Jany. iSoo. m. Nymphas Marston, her 
cousin. 

426. TEMPERANCE SHAW,' b. 30 Nov. 1801. d. 16 Apr. 1824. 

427. HANNAH,' b. 7 Aug. 1803. d. 28 Mar. 1826. 
428.+TIMOTHY,' b. 20 June 105. 

429. FREDERICK WILLIAM,' b. 26 Mar. 1807. He was drowned 
in the Kennebec river, 27 June 1832, while bathing. He was 
a student in the Waterville college at the time. 

Joseph Blish and his wife were members of the West Church, 
and all their children from Joseph to Eliza were baptized in Oct, 
1800. Temperance was bap. in Apr. 1802, and Hannah in Sept. 
1803. 

Joseph Blish Jrs. mark for his creatures is recorded as "a slit 
in the right ear and a half crop fore side of the left ear," the same 
as was his father's. 

1797. He was Brigade Major in the Mass. militia. 

1797. He was school agent, and again in 1798, 1801, 1802, 

1806 and 181 1. 

1798. He was surveyor of highways, and gain in 1800, 1806 and 

181 5. 

1802. He was one of the Regulators of Herring river. 

1802. Apr. 'A'oted that a committee be appointed to examine 
into the account of several persons for affording assis- 
tance to Lemuel Thomas when he was sick with small- 
pox, and report at next meeting." Joseph Blish Jr., Da- 
vid Parker and Josiah Sampson Esq. selected. 

1802. W'as chosen on committee to settle with the Town treas- 

urer, in place of Ebenezer Bacon, excused. Was again 
on same com. in 1803, 1807, 1809, 181 1 and 1813 

1803. Mar. 16. "Voted to choose a committee to draught an act 

or BuyLaw to regulate the kitching of herring * • ♦ 
at or near Marston's Mills." Joseph Blish Jr. was on 
the committee. 

"Voted that the Town approve of an Academies being 
built in this Town, provided a sufficient sum to Intitle 
said Town to a grant of half a township of land can be 
obtained by subscription for that purpose." Joseph Blish 
Jr., Isaiah Green, Esquire Scudder and Esquire Crocker, 
choen a committee to obtain subscriptions." 



114 SIXTH GENERATION. 

1803. May, last Wednesday." The com. chosen at a former 'meet- 

ing to obtain subscriptions for the Academy, reported 
that a sufficient sum had been subscribed, and the Town 
voted that a committee be appointed to petition the Gene- 
tal Court that an Academy be estabUshed in this Town." 
Holmes Allen, John Davis, Ebenezer Bacon, Josiah Samp- 
son Esp. Joseph Blish Jr. and Jabez Howland, chosen. 

1804. Mar. 12. Joseph Blish Jr. chosen one of the wood-corders. 

"Voted to allow Joseph Blish Jr. one dollar and seventy- 
five cents for his time and expenses inattending on the 
committee of the General Court respecting the Academy, 
as per his account settled." 

He was also put on a committee to view certain premises 
on the common, proposed to be sold. 
May 10. Was on a committee to view a road prayed for 
and make an estimate of the expenses of laying it out and 
report thereon. 

Oct. 9. He was chosen Moderator of the Town Meeting, 
"for the remaining business." He was also Moderator 
in 1808, 1809, 1810, 1814, and 181 5. 
1804. "The committee reported concerning a dispute about the 
common lands, and were not agreed respecting the east- 
ern line, and another committee was appointed to settle 
and adjust the disputes with the occupants and claim- 
ants," Joseph Blish Jr. was one of the committee. 
1807. Feb. II. "Rev. Oakes Shaw departed this life in the 71st. 
year of his age, and the 47th. of his ministry. Enoch 
Pratt called 21 Sept. 1807. 

Meeting called, Joseph Blish moderator. Voted to in- 
vite all churches in this county to the ordination of Rev. 
Enoch Pratt, Committee of invitation, David Parker, 
Eben'^ Crocker Esq,"" Major J. Blish and Prince Jenkins. 
Oct. 12. "Voted to make a brick magazine for to keep 
the Towns powder, camp kettles, etc. six feet the walls ; 
reconsidered, and voted to build a magazine with bricks 
and to choose a committee of three persons to build a 
magazine, such an one as they think proper and put the 
same where they think proper." Joseph Blish Jr. Doct"^ 
Whitman and David Parker Esq.'' were chosen. 
1809. Apr. 5. Joseph Blish Jr. was chosen Justice of the Peace. 
May 22. "We the subscribers, the Selectmen of the 
Towns of Barnstable and Sandwich, and Joseph Blish 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 115 

Esquire, being appointed surveyor, having been notified 
to perambulate on and renew the line between said 
Towns according to the law of the Comonwealth in such 
cases made and provided, met this day and perambulated 
on the line and renewed the bounds between the said 
Towns from the northermost boundary to the plantation 
of Mashpey, to a stake and heap of stones known by the 
name of the "five mile stake." Dated at Barnstable, this 
22nd. day of ^lay, 1809. 

Richard Lewis. Benjamin Pcrcival. 

John Bodfisli. Selectman of Sandwich, 

John Lczi'ts. 

Selectmen of Barnstable, Joseph Blish Jr. Surveyor, 

1810. Apr. 2. He was on a committee to draft a by-law con- 

cerning the yarding of sheep in certain seasons. 
Mar. 12. Was on a committee to report a by-law con- 
cerning the catching of herring. 

"Edward Phinney asked permission to erect a shop on 
the common lands belonging to the Town, near the north 
fleeting House and opposite to where James J. La- 
throp's shop now stands, on request of ten freeholders." 
Referred to a special committee, of which Joseph Blish 
Jr. was one. 

181 1. Xov. 4. Was on a committee to petition the Legislature 

to reduce the number of representatives. 

1814. Sept. 9. "\'oted that a Committee of Safety be chosen, 
whose duty it shall be to immediately take measures for 
the defense of the Town ; to confer with the Town of 
Yarmouth and adjacent Towns, and know explicitly 
whether it is their determination to resist the demands 
of the enemy, in event of which, to proffer needed assist- 
ance of this Town, under the direction of the military 
authorities, in case of an attack, and expecting in return 

, the same assistance from them." Joseph Blish Jr. was. 

on the committee. 

Joseph Blish Jr. was a surveyor, and frequently called upon 
to lay out lines ; was also a trader and had salt works. He died 
14 Oct. 1849, at the age of 82 years. His wife, Temperance, died 
20 Aug. 1854, age 87. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rcc. and Barn. Ch. Rcc. 



ii6 SIXTH GENERATION. 

234. OWEN'' BLISH or BLISS. 

(Benjamin,^ Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

OWEN" s. of Benjamin^ (8i) and Susannah (Baxter) BHsh, 

was b. 5 Nov. 1773, at Barnstable, Mass. He m 

1795, Sarah Crowell. She was b. 19 JMay 1777. 

CHILDREN. 
430. BENJAMIN,' b. 12 Feb. 1795. He was a sailor and is believed 

to have d. at Tampico, Mexico, in 1837. Family unknown. 
431.+OWEN, Jr.' b. 4 Oct. 1797- 

432. SUSAN,' b. 16 Mar. 1800. m. (i) U'lUiam Eddy, of Pawtucket, 
R. I. (2) Albro Anthony, of Providence, R. I. and {3)David 
Wheeler of Mass. She d. in August, 1871, at Olneyville, R. I. 

433. ABBY,' b. 28 Mar. 1803. m. 17 Oct. 1841, Darius Angcll, of Provi- 
dence, R. I. and (2) Ezra Humes, of the same place. She d. in 
Providence in Dec. 1868. 

434. S.\LLY,' b. 15 Sept. 1805. m. Syhanus logger, of Centerville, 

Mass., where she d. 20 July 1856. 

435. EUNICE LOVELL,' b. 13 Oct. 1807. d. in Providence, 23 Mar. 
1871, unmarried. 

4j6. IS.A.LA.H CROWELL,' b. 24 Feb. 1810. He went to sea when on- 
ly twelve years old. He first sailed with Capt. Tucker, who ran 
a large schooner between Providence and the West Indies. He 
next sailed with Capt. Allen, who traded between Providence 
and Mexico, taking in the West Indies. He also worked with 
the Aliens, four in number, who ran what was known as the Phil- 
adelphia line of packets. When the "Kingstonian," a sloop of 
war, was built in Philadelphia, and the Mexican government 
failed to produce the money to purchase her, the Russian consul 
at Philadelphia was so well pleased with the vessel, that he in- 
duced the Russian Emperor to buy her. Isaiah Bliss was one of 
the crew who took her to Russia. The Emperor made a per- 
sonal visit to the ship and declared he was well pleased with her. 
He gave a banquet to the officers and crew of the Kingstonian 
and presented each sailor with twenty dollars. There was also 
sent over on the Kingstonian a small pleasure boat made largely 
of mahogany, as a present from the builders of the sloop to the 
young son of the Emperor. After his return he enlisted in the 
United States Navy.The records at Washington show that he en- 
listed 19 Feby. 1855, for three years, and served on board the 
"North Carolina." "Perry" and the "Dolphin," to July, 1857. 
He re-enlisted at Boston, Mass. 14 Aug. 1857, for three years, 
and served on the "Ohio" and the "Merrimac," to 15 Feb. i860. 
He again enlisted at Boston, 2$ Apr. i860, for three years and 
served on the "Ohio" and the "Susquehanna" to May 16 1863, 
when he was honorably discharged. At the storming of Port 
Royal, while on board the Susquehanna his hearing was impair- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 117 

ed by the terrible concussion, and he retired on a pension. His 
relatives say that he also served on board the "Columbus" dur- 
ing the Mexican war, and afterwards on board the "Mississippi," 
under Commodore Perry, during his famous expedition to Ja- 
pan. He m. 23 Sept. 1S72, Lorana, dtr. of Benjamin and Sabra 
Cornell, of Providence. She was b. 14 June 1813. His latter 
years were spent in quietness, and he delighted in recounting his 
numerous adventures on the sea. He outlived his wife and d. 
9 Aug. 1886, at the home of his brother Abraham, in Providence, 
sitting in his chair. It is said that none of this family died in 
bed. 

437. TIMOTHY,' b. 8 Oct. 1812. He m. Charlotte Mcdbury; was 
a sailor and was robbed and murdered at San Francisco, Calif, 
in Feb. 1851. His widow m. Jolin Stoothoff, a farmer, of Mans- 
field, Mass. 

438.+ ABRAHAM,' b. 18 June 1817. 

Owen Bliss d. 19 Oct. 1820, at Boston, Mass. His wife, 
Sarah, d. i Sept. 1853, '^'^ Providence R. I. and is buried in Swan 
Point cemetery. 

References — Barn. Tii. Rcc.^ Bliss Gen. Appcndi.v, and Rec. 
Pension Office. 



240. PATIENCE" BLISH SNOW. 

( Stacy ,^ John,^ Reuben,'' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

PATIENCE" dtr. of Stacy= (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish 
was b. 13 July 1774, at Barnstable, Mass. She m Snow. 

CHILDREN. 

I. PAULINE SNOW,' b 

II. CALVIN SNOW, b m. Annie Doe. 

III. JAMES SNOW.' b 

IV. CYNTHIA SNOW,' b 

V. HANNAH SNOW,' b 

VI. EFFIE SNOW.' b m. Stacy Parker. 

VIL SAMUEL SNOW,' b 

VIIL DAN SNOW,' b 

IX. ALETHEA SNOW,' b 

X. BETSEY SNOW.' b 

XL MARY SNOW,' b 



ii8 SIXTH GENERATION. 

241. HANNAH" BLISH BALLARD. 

HANNH" dtr. of Stacy' (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish, 

was b. 29 Dec. 1776, at Barnstable, ]\Iass. She m 

Ballard. 

CHILDREN. 
I. DANIEL BALLARD.' b. 
IL CALVIN BALLARD.' b. 

III. SANFORD BALLARD.' b. 

IV. EMILY BALLARD,' b. 

V. LAURA B.ALLARD,' b. 

VI. ELIZABETH BALLARD,' b. 

VII. SARAH BALLARD,' b m 

Wood. 

VIIL LUCY B.ALLARD,' b. 



243. REBECCA^ BLISH WINSLOW. 

(Stacy," John,'' Reuben,^ Joeph,- Abraham.^)) ■ 

REBECCA'' dtr. of Stacy'' (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish 
was b. 10 June 1778, at Barnstable, Mass. She m. 15 July 1804, 
Stephen, s. of William Winslow. He was b. 18 June 1782, at 
Falmouth, Me. 

CHILDREN. 
L GEORGE WASHINGTON WINSLOW,' b. 16 Feby. 1805, at 

Portland, Me. 
II. ELIZABETH WINSLOW,' b. 14 Aug. 1808, at Vassalboro, Me. 
HI. HENRY PETRE WINSLOW,' b. 26 Febv. 1810, at Vassalboro, 

Me. 

IV. HARRISON GRAY OTIS WINSLOW,' b. 26 Aug. 1811, at 

Harlem. Me. 

V. ABIGAIL A. WINSLOW.' b. 9 Oct. 1813 or 1815, at Augusta, Me. 
VL EUNICE ELLEN WINSLOW,' b. 20 Apr. 1817. 

VII. SARAH WINSLOW,' b. 14 Oct. 1820. m Wheeler. 

Stephen Winslow was a carpenter and builder. He was a sol- 
dier in the war of 1812. He d. i Jany. 1865, at Augusta, Me. 
Rebecca, his wife d. 19 Oct. 1835, same place. Stephen Winslow 
was a descendant of Kenelm Winslow, who was b. 29 Apr. 1599, 
and came to Plymouth, ^lass., in 1629. 

References — Barn. Tii. Rec, and IVinsIozv Gen. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 119 

243. JOHN" BLISH. 

(Stacy/ John,-' Reuben/ Joseph,'- Abraham.^) 

JOHN" s. of Stacy' (112) and Alary (Baxter) Bhsh, was b. 

16 Apr. 1780, at Barnstable, Alass. He m , 

Sarah Farnsworth. She was b. 4 Dec. 1784. 

CHILDREN. 
468.+DANIEL,' b. 2 Feby. 1805. 

469. JANE,' b. 16 Jany. 1807. d. 28 Mar. 1837- 

470. BETSEY,' b. 23 Nov. 1808. m.Robert Alky of Vassalboro, d. 

1872 at Sherburn, Mass. 
471.+ALDEN,' b. 12 Mar. 181 1. 
472.+ ARTHUR,' b. 23 Nov. 1813. 
473.+JOHN Jr.' b. 24 Oct. 1817. 

474. + SAMUEL,' b. 17 Feby. 1820. 

475. HANN.A.H,' b. 4 Aug. 1822. d. 26 Aug. 1824 

John" Bhsh' d. 23 Mar. 1843, ^t East Vassalborough, Me. 
and is buried in the Friend's Cemetery. Sarah, his wife, d. 4 ]\Iar. 
1853, and is buried in the same place. 

References — Vassalborough, Me. Tn. Rec. 



244. BETSEY" BLLSH HOYT. 

( Stacy, ^ John,'' Reuben,^ Joeph,- Abraham.'-) 

BETSEY" dtr. of Stacy^* (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish, 
was b. 24 Apr. 1783, at Vassalborough, Me. Her m. was publish- 
ed, 6 June 1803, to Samuel, s. of Jabez and Abigail (Hazelton) 
Hoyt. He was b. 10 Feby. 1781. 

CHILDREN. 
L EMILY BLISH HOYT,' b. 12 Dec. 1804. She m. 13 Mar 1823, 

an Ingram or Ingraham, and d. 30 Sept. 184, at New Orleans, 

La. 
IL HARRIET HAZELTON HOYT,.' b. 4 Jany. 1806. 

III. ANN CUTTS HOYT,' b. 27 Aug. 1808. 

IV. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS HOYT,' b. 10 .\pr. 1810. 

Samuel Hoyt was a midshipmen on the U. S. ship "Ports- 
mouth," and at one time held a Lieutenants commission in the U. 



laa 



SIXTH GENERATION. 



S. Navy. He was a clerk in the Post Office Dept. at Washing- 
ton, from 1811 to 1815, and escaped the city with Pres. Madison 
when the British burned the capitol. In 181 5 he was appointed 
post master at Marietta, Ohio, then the only distributing office 
for several States and territories. In 1818 he was Genl. Mail 
Agent for the western States, and located at Port Gibson, Miss. 
In 1830 he went to Matagorda, Texas, where he d. i Oct. 1835. 
His wife Betsey d. 4 Oct. 1823, at Port Gibson. Samuel Hoyt 
was a descendant of John Hoyt of Salisbury, Mass., 1639. 

References — Hoyt Genealogy. 



246. JAMES« BLISH. 

(Stacy,^ John,* Reuben,^ Joeph,- Abraham.^) 

Capt. JAMES" s. of Stacy' (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish, 
was b. 13 Dec. 1787, at Vassalborough, Me. He was m. to Paul- 
ina Baxter Jr. 17 Oct. 1813. at Barnstable, Mass. by Rev. Barnabas 
Bates. She was b. 11 Apr. 1793. 

CHILDREN. 
4S0. SARAH JANE,' b. 6 July 1814. m. Phineas Pratt. 

481. EDWIN J.A.MES,' b. 21 Mar. 1816. He was a shipmaster in the 
coast andWest Indies trade, and d. unm. in New Orleans, about 
1841. 

482. HARRIET EMELINE,' b. 25 Dec. 1817. m. Noah Woods, a 

lawyer, of Gardiner, Me. 

483. MARY PAULINA,' b. 16 Jany. 1820. m. Stacy Lewis. 

484. CAROLINE AGRY,' b. 11 Feb. 1822. m. Dr. McKendrkk Tuck- 
er. 

48S.+BYRON SAMUEL,' b. 16 Apr. 1827. 

486. FRANCIS STACY,' b. 16 June 1831. d. 16 Jany. 1832. ' 

Paulina, tlie first wife of Capt. James Blish d 

and he m. 2nd. Isabella Jose. She was b. 13 Apr. 1804. 

CHILD of 2nd. marriage. 
487.+HANNAH FRANCIS,' b. 26 Aug. 1835. (?) 

Capt. James Blish was a well known ship-master and lived at 
Hallowell, Me. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec. ' 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 121 

249. WILLIAM" BLISH. 

(Stacy/ John,* Reuben,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

WILLIAAP s. of Stacy" (112) and Alary (Baxter) BHsh, 

was b. 3 Aug. 1784, at Vassalborough, Ale. He m Sept. 

1818, Katharine Luce. She was b at Vineyard 

Haven, Ale. 

CHILDREN. 

488. ABRA Washburn; b. 30 Apr. 1821. m. Capt. IVUHam West 
1842. Capt. West d. in i860 and his wife in 1876, no issue sur- 
viving. 

4S0. f HARRIET ANN HOIT,' b iSji. 

490. EMILY INGR.AHAM; b. 29 Nov. 1826. d. May 1844, unmarried. 

491. S.\R.AH holmes; b. 29 Apr. 1829. m. 1850, Capt. James 
Pcakcs and both were lost at sea, in 1856. No issue. 

492. WEST luce; b. 15 Apr. 1832. d. 17 Mar. 1897. Was a jeweler 
in Vineyard Haven for many years. Was never married. 

493. FRANCIS TILTON; b. 21 Mar. 1834, m. Sarah Ann Stickney, 
dtr. of David and Hannah (Knight) Stickney, 3 Apr. 1861. She 
was b. 24 Mar. 1842. David Stickney was a descendant of Will- 
iam Stickney, who came from Hull, Yorkshire, England, about 
1637, and settled in Boston, Mass. 

Francis Tilton Blish sailed with his cousin Capt. Samuel Blish, 
as first mate, and when Samuel retired, he was put in command. 
He d. in Hong Kong, China, in 1863. and was buried there. 

William Blish commanded vessels in the coast and West In- 
dies trade, and d. of yellow fever, in New Orleans, La „ 

Reference — Stickney Gen. 



251. SARAH« BLISH WASHBURN. 

( Stacy, ^ John,* Reuben,^ Joeph,^ Abraham.^) 

SARAH" dtr. of Stacy^ (112) and Mary (Baxter) Blish, 
was b. 13 July, 1798, at Vassalborough, Ale.. She m. about 1800, 
Japhet Washburn. 

CHILDREN. 

L George; b 



122 SIXTH GENERATION. 

II. JULIA,' WASHBURN, b. 

III. EMILY,' WASHBURN, b. 

IV. FRANK,' WAi; i liURN, b. 

Japhet Washburn was a merchant in China, Maine, near 
Vassalborough. 



263. Capt. ASA S.'= BLISH. 
(Silas,^ Silas,* Reuben,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

Capt. ASA'= s. of Silas^ (125) and Chloe (Cobb) Bhsh, was b. 
22 Mar. 1806, at Barnstable, Mass. He m. 18 May 1827, Mary 
Ann Anderson, of Boston. He m. 2nd 9 Dec. 186G, Mrs. Mahala 
B. (Low) Pocknet, an Indian woman, whom he outlived. He was 
a farmer in Barnstable, and at one time was guardian of some of 
the Mashpee Indians. 

He d. 13 Aug. 1874, of palsy. He left no children. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec. and Bliss Gen. 



375. PHEBE'^ BLISH CLAPP. 
(Benjamin," Benjamin,* Tristram.^* Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

PHEBE" dtr. of Benjamin" (137) and Phebe (Skinner) Blish, 

•was b 1775. at Colchester, Conn. She m. 

25 Dec. 1 791, Orris, s. of Abner and Mercy ( ) 

Clapp of Martinsburg, N. Y. He was b. 19 Mar. 1770. 

CHILDREN. 

I. TIRZAH, CL.APP,' b. 28 Jany. i793- d- 23 Mar. 1793. 

II. ORRIS CLAPP,' b. 20 Apr. 1794. d. 20 Mar. 1S13. 

III. JULIA CLAPP,' b. 22 Feb. 1796. d. 22 Feb. 1831. 

IV. PHEBE CLAPP,' b. S Dec 1797- d Feb. 1799- 

V. HARRET CLAPP,' b. 23 June i799- d. Mar. 1854. 

VI. ABNER CLAPP,' b. 12 Jany. 1800. d. 4 Nov. 1820. 
VH. BETSEY CLAPP,' b. S Dec. 1802. d. 4 Mar. 1803. 

VIIL PHEBE CLAPP,' b. 20 May 1804. m. Dr. Archibald Campbell. 
IX. THOMAS JEFFERSON CLAPP,' b. 7 Jany. 1806. m. 12 Nov. 
i83i,Lon'ndo Bentley. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 123 

I 

X. MATTHEW CLAPP,' b. i Feby. 1808. m. Sept. iSso,Alicc Camp- 
bell, ana had three children, all of whom and their mother died. 
He m. 2nd. 1847, Lucy Randall, by whom he had si.x children. He 
was (1870) minister of the Disciples Church in Detroit, Mich. 

XL JOHN MILTON CLAPP,' b. 16 Jany. 1810. d. at Charleston, S. 
C. Jany. 1858. 

Xn. HENRY H. CLAPP,' b. 3 June 1812. m. 29 Nov. 1835, Statira 
Newcomb. Lived at Mentor, Ohio, and had children: 

1. William H. b. 7 Sept. 1836. m. 29 Sept. i859,/t'ji;;;> P. Millard. 
He was an Adjutant in the U. S. Army. 

2. Eliza C. b. 24 June 1838. m. 24 June l863,Harrison S. Glazier. 

3. Lorinda, b. 26 Feb. 1842. m. 20 Nov. 1867, Robert P. Daivson. 

4. Edward v. I. !o May 1851. ra. 15 May 1873, Emma Schram. 
XUL MERCY CLAPP,' b. 8 Apr. 1814. d Sept. 1818. 

Orris Clapp settled at Mentor, Ohio, and was a prominent citi- 
zen and for many years the judge of the court. He d. 28 Mar. 
1847. -He was a descendant of Roger Clapp, b. in Salombe Regis, 
Devonshire, Eng. 6 Apr. 1609. Came over in the "Mary & John" 
and arrived at Nantasket 30 May 1630, having been three months 
on the trip. He settled in Dorchester. He was called "Capt." 
Clapp, having been Captain of the "Ancient & Honorable Artill- 
ery Company." 

References — Clapp Gen., Colch. Tn. Rcc. 



277. BENJAMIN" BLISH. 

(Benjamin,'^ Benjamin/ Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham. i) 

BENJAMIN" s. of Benjamin^ (137) and Phebe (Skinner) 
Blish, was b. 9 June 1784, at Middlefield, Mass. He m. 8 Nov. 
181 3, at Solon, Ohio, Artemesia, dtr. of Grant Perkins. She was 
b , J796. 

CHILDREN. 
493.+GEORGE,' b. i Feby. 1834. 

494. JAMES M.' b. II Sept. 1835. d. 9 Nov. 1861, in the army in Vir- 
ginia. 



124 SIXTH GENERATION. 

Artemesia (Perkins) Blish d , and Benjamin m. 

(2) "Polly" (Mary) Andrews. 

Benjamin'^ Blish was a farmer and a stock raiser, his specialty 
being Shorthorn cattle, of which he had a fine herd. He was a 
Deacon in the Disciples church, and for twenty years a Justice 
of the Peace at Painesville, Ohio. He d. 1 1 Apr. 1864, at the age of 
eightv years. His 2nd wife, Polly, d 1866. 

References — Hist. Lake and Geauga Counties. .1878.). 



281. JUDGE ZENAS" BLISH. 
(Benjamin,'' Benjamin,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

ZENAS,'* s. of Benjamin^ (i37) and Phebe (Skinner) Blish, 

was b. 20 Oct. 1793. at Middlefield, Mass. He m , 

Oct. 1820, Vashti, dtr. of Calvin and ( ) 

Ingersol of Mentor, Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 
49S.+LYDIA,' b. 26 Sept. 1822. 
496.+LUCINDA.' b. 23 June 1829. 



^^<^i4^ yoi^^<U4 



Zenas" Blish came to Ohio with his father, at the age of 
twelve. Seven years later he was rettirning to Massachusetts, 
traveling on horseback, by way of Philadelphia and New York. 
A call had just been made for troops in the war of 1812. He en- 
listed in Philadelphia, in the cavalry service, under Gen. Winfield 
Scott. He was promoted to a captaincy, and was honorably dis- 
charged after three years service. He then returned to Paines- 
ville and resumed work on the farm. When Lake county was or- 
ganized, he was appointed one of the associate judges of the court 
■of common pleas, which office he filled for many years, with honor 
to himself and to the satisfaction of the people. He was known 
throughout the state as a model farmer. He was also prominent 
in polilics, and was seve.-al times the democratic candidate for 
Congress and State legislator. By his strict integrity he built up 
an enviable reputation as a warm-hearted, generous and reliable 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 125 

citizen. He d. after a brief illness, from the effects of an accident, 
5 Apr. 1870. 

Keferences — Hist. L-ike & Gcaui^a Counties. 



382. PHILENA" BLISH MOORE. 

(Benjamin,^ Benjam'.n,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.'-) 

1 HILENA" dtr. of Benjamin" (137) and Phebe (Skinner) 
Bhsh, was b. 5 Mar. 1796, at Middlefield, Mass. She m. 28 Nov. 
1816, at Painesville, Ohio, Isaac Moore. He was b 1774' 

CHILDREN. 
497.+CLIFTON HASWELL' MOORE, b, 26 Oct. 1817. d. 29 Apr. 
1901. 

498. ABNER MOORE,' b. 13 Oct. 1819. m. Betsey Onstine. 

499. ORINDA MOORE," b. 30 June 1821. d. 31 May 1876. 

500. MINERVA MOORE,' b. 10 Aug. 1823. m. John Bishop. 

501. BENJAMIN BLISH' MOORE, b. 6 July 1825, m. (i) Susan 
McCtiddy, and (2) Mattie Phillips, d Feby. 1903. 

502. CORNELIA' MOORE, b. 27 Mar. 1827. d. 9 June 1857. m.Henry 

King. 

503. MILAN' MOORE, b. 13 June 1829, m. Nancy McPhcrson. 
504.+ HENRY CLAY' MOORE, b. 23 Oct. 1831. m. Elizabeth Park- 

hurst, 8 Apr. 1858 




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286. ELISHA« BLISH. 
(Ezra,'^ Sylvanus.'' Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

ELISHA," s. of Ezra"* (141) and Hannah (Hills) Blish, was 

b. 29 Jany. 1789, at New London, Conn. He m 

182T, at Montville Conn. Laura Button. She was b. 9 Dec. 1800, 
at Montville. 

CHILDREN. 
506.+ABBIE ANN,' b. 20 June 1823. at Essex, Conn. 

507. + HANNAH MARIA,' b. 8 July 1825, same place. 

508. MARY JAME,' b. 10 Aug. 1827, same place. 

309. j'OHN HENRY,' b. 5 Sept. 1830, at East Haddam, Conn. d. 



126 SIXTH GENERATION. 

1843 of scarlet fever. 
510.+ASA HILLS,' b. 20 Oct. 1833, at Hebron, Conn. 

511. ELISHA CLARK,' b. 5 Aug. 1836, at same place Was an im- 

dertaker at V\ illimantic, Conn. d. 5 Aug. 1865, unmarried. 

512. + \VILLIAM LORIN,' b. 20 Nov. 1838, at Middle Haddam, Conn. 

Elisha Blish was of medium height, but broad shouldered and 
strongly built, and had black eyes and hair. He was a farmer 
nearly al! of his life, raising cattle and sheep, and at one time had a 
slatighter-house in Hebron village. He was a man of decided 
character though always jOvial and pleasant. His children still 
talk of the happy life they had on the old farm. He d. 30 Nov. 
1839, at East Haddam, and is buried there. His wife, Laura, d. 18 
June 1S68, at Willmantic, Conn, and is buried there. 

Mary Jane Blish (50S), from whom most of the data of this 
familv lias been obtained, is still living in Willimantic, where she 
has spent the greater portion of her life. She is a bright, active 
woman and resembles her father. By her industry and good 
management, she has accumulated considerable property, and is 
a mother to all the helpless ones. She was never married, but 
devotes herself to many good works, and knows the history of 
every Blish, in her family, from her grand-father down. 



291. ROBERT STILES" BLISH. 

(Ezra,'' Sylvanus,* Tristram," Joseph," Abraham.^) 

ROBERT STILES.'' 3. of Ezra' (141) and Hannah (Hills) 
Blish, was b. 19 Apr. 1802, at Marlboro', Conn. He m. 22 Apr. 
1S21. "Dolly" (Dorothy) dtr. of Elisha McCall. She was b. 23 
Sept. 1798 at Marlboro', Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
513. GEORGE M.' b. 6 Feby. 1822. He m. and had a son George E. 

b. 28 Janv. 1854. George M., d. 9 Apr. 1867. 
S14.+HENRY FRANCIS,' b. I Mar. 1824. 
515. LEWIS.' b. 22 Mar. 1827. d. 6 Feby. 1886. 
516.+JOHN LESTER,' b. 22 Mar. 1827. Was twin with Lewis. 
517. MARIA,' b. 5 Dec. 1831. d. 28 Oct. 1853, at Willimantic, Conn. 
S18.+ALBERT STILES,' b. 28 Jany. 1836. 

Fobert Stiles Blish wat engaged in manufacturing all of his 
life. He was for several years superintendent of the Hop River 
mills., about six miles west of Willimantic. Later he went to 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 127 

Fitchville, near Norwich, and had charge of a large cotton mill 
.there, for many years, uniil his health failed, when he returned 
to VVillimantic, where he d. 14 Oct. 1866. He was a well inform- 
ed man, a fluent and interesting talker and an active politician. 

His wife, Dolly, d. 0:t. 1863, at Williamantic. 

(The dates of the foregoing were taken from a family record 
in the handwriting of Robert Stiles Blish.) 



301. SIMON" BLISH. 

(Silas,^ Sylvanus,'' Tristram,'' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

SIMON," s. of Silas- (144J and Hannah Eliza (Phelps) 

Blish, was b. 12 Mar. 1812. He m , at Delhi, 

N. Y., Mary Ann, dtr. of John and Nancy McKeel. She was b. 
1821, at Middletown, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

S19.+JOIIN M.' b. I Mar. 1841, at Griffin's Corners, N. Y. 

520. KATHARINE E.' b. 8 Jany. 1844. m. George Jones. 

521. WILLIAM H.' b. 21 Aug. 1847. m. Esther Crosby. 

522. JAMES,' b. 5 Feby. 1843. (?). 

Simon" Bli.sh was a farmer at Griffin's Corners, all of his life, 
where he d. 23 May 1872. Mary Ann. his wife, d. at the same 
place, 29 Feby. 1878. 

Reference — Hist. Delazvarc Co., N. Y. 



302. EDMUND" BLISH. 

(Abraham,^ Sylvanus,' Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

EDMUND" s. of Abraham^ (146) and Alice (Fuller) Blish, 
was b. He m. 24 Mar. 1829, Betsey Hills, of Marl- 
boro', Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

523. DAVID.' b 

524. HARRIET M.' b 1834. She m. (i) George 

W. Webster, and lived at Andover, Conn. They had no children. 
He d. about 1884, and she m. (2) her cousm,Henry Arnold, as 



128 . SIXTH GENERATION. 

his 2nd wife. She d. about 1888, at Andover and is buried at 
Exeter. 

"Geo. W. Webster, 35 and Harriet M. BHsh, 27, both of Col- 
chester, m. 2 Dec. 1861, by Rev. Augustus Bolles." 

525. MARY E.' b. 1833, at Windsor, Conn. m. Darius 

L. Carpenter, 7 Oct. 1855, and had;- 

1. Alice," who m. Hoiry Arnold* as 3rd wife and lived at Nian- 

tic, Conn. 

2. Nellie, who m. William Wyman, of Turnerville, Conn. Re- 

moved to Canada. 

3. George. 4. Harriet. 5. John. 6. Mary. 7. Dwight 

Mary' Blish Carpenter d and her husband 

married again. 

526. IRENE.' b m. John Stoddard, of Brookfield, 

Mass. and had two boys. 

527. CORNELIA,' b She lives in the family of Joseph 

Arnold, who m. Mary Blish (30S), and d. of consumption. 

Edmund" Blish moved to Poquonnock, Windsor, Hartford 
Co., Conn. 

References — Colch., Conn. Tn. Rec, Marlboro', Conn. Tn. 
Rec. 



303. ALICE' BLISH WILLIAMS. 

(Abraham," Sylvaniis,'' Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

ALICE," dtr. of Abraham" (146) and Alice (Fuller) Blish, 
was b. 14 July, 1806, at Colchester, Conn. She was m. 9 May 
1834, at Colchester, to Daniel Williams Jr. by Amherest D. Scovill, 
J. P. of New London, Conn. He was b. 26 Apr. 1789, at Col- 
fchester. Conn. 

CHiTLDREN. born at Mayfield. Ohio. 
529. DANIEL BLISH' WILLIAMS, b. 12 Mar. 183S. 
530.-f ABRAHAM FULLER' WILLIAMS, b. 25 Feb. 1837. 

531. HENRY CL.\Y' WILLIAMS, b. 15 Jany. 1839. 

532. WILLIAM TYLER' WILLIAMS, b. 15 Feby. 1841. 

Daniel Williams Jr. served a three year's apprenticeship to 



*Henry Arnold m. (l) Harriet Swan, of Millington, Conn. (2) Har- 
riet' M. (Blish). widow of George W. Webster, and (3) Alice' Carpenter, 
niece of his second wife, and grand-daughter of Edmund' Blish. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 129 

learn 'he carpenter's trade, at the end of which he was obliged to 
go in debt for a broadax and adz to begin work on his own account. 
He invented an improvement in the mode of constructing doors 
to guard against cold and storms, for which he was granted a 
patent. He was an officer in the military company in Conn. Im- 
mediately after his marriage he came west and settled at JNIayfield, 
Ohio, and took up large tracts of land, and acted as land agent and 
was very prosperous. He d. at Aiayheld, 14 Nov. 1843. His 
wife survived him, and d. 11 Oct. 1888, at Olmstead, Ohio, and is 
buried at Mayfield. 

He was a descendant of Joseph Loomis, who came from 
Braintrce, England, and settled in Windsor, Conn., in 1639. 

References — CoIcIl Conn., Tn. Rcc. and Loomis Gen. 



304. DANIEL" BLISH. 

(Abraham,^ Sylvanus,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

DANIEL" s. of Abraham^ (146) and Alice (Fuller) Blish, 

was b. 4 Dec. 1810, at Colchester, Conn. He m , 

Candi? (Candace?) Cook. She was b. 14 June 1812. 

CHILDREN. 

533. CHARLES HENRY,' b. 21 Mar. 1837, at Black River, Lorain -/ 
Co., Ohio. 

534. CALVIN WICKHAM', b. 22 Feby. 1839, at Mayfield, Ohio. 

535. HARRIET ELIZABETH,' b. 10 Aug. 1841. 

An un-named infant, d. 7 Nov. 1843. 

536. ESTHER ANN,' b. 21 June 1846. 

537. ALICE SELINA,' b. 31 Jany. 1849. 

Charles Henry" Blish is a carpenter by trade and has traveled 
all over this country, and was in 1899 in San Francisco, Calif. He 
is a bachelor. 

IJaniel" Blish got his schooling in Conn., and before his mar- 
riage was a teamster. After his marriage, he moved to Black Riv- 
er, Ohio, and worked at hauling ship timber with four and five 
yoke of oxen. About 1838, he moved to Mayfield, Ohio, and pur- 
chased a farm of timber lai d, about go acres. He cleared 60 acres 
of it and erected buildings. He was 5 ft., 11 in. in height, and 
weighed 185 pounds. He was an attendant of the Methodist 



130 SIXTH GENERATION. 

church, tho' not a niembe,-. His wife, Ahce, d. i6 May 1S62, and 
he d. 12 Aug. 1871. 

Lelurs of administration were issued to Leonard Straight, 28 
Dec. 1 87 1. The inventory shows real estate valued at I5350, aiid 
persons! property I3230 15. Final report made 5 Feby. 1873. 
Bal. for distribution I2958.85. 

References — Colch. Conn. Tn. Rcc. Cuyahoga Co. Ohio, 
Prob Rec. 



323. CHARLES DENISON" BLISH. 

i^John Denison,^ John,* Tristram,^ Joseph.^ Abraham.^) 

CHARLES DENISON," s. of John Denison'' (158) and Elcy 

(Collins) Blish, was b. 29 June 1822. He m 

1842, Amelia Austin, dtr. of Rev. Leonard and Elenore (Austin) 
Fletcher. She was b. 30 Get. 1826, at Quantico, Ind. 

CHILDREN. 

560. ADALINE AMELIA,' b. 12 Dec. 1843, at Watertown, N. Y. m. 

/. Hunt Smith, of Norwich, Conn. 

561. CHARLES FREDERICK,' b. 4 Dec. 1845, same place. Though 
a very fine appearing and attractive man, he was never married. 
He inherited a considerable fortune from his father, and was for 
many years in the hotel business. Was manager of the Pier 
pont House in Brooklyn for some years, and for two years con- 
nected with the Brighton Beach Hotel. For a number of years 
he conducted the Doolittle House, in Oswego, N. Y., and later 
owned the Eagle Hotel, in Peekskill, N. Y. He was shot and 
instantly killed, by Henry T. Betts, in his hotel office in Peekskill, 
Nov. 2nd. 1891. Betts had separated from his wife, who had ap- 
plied for a divorce, and he was insanely jealous of Charles F. 
Blish. Betts had had a sunstroke some years before, and had of- 
ten acted qucerly, to such an extent that his friends had often 
expressed a fear that he would do some one harm some day. 

562. GERTRUDE CAROLINE,' b. 10 June 1849, at Wegatchie, St. 
Lawrence Co. N. Y. 

563. LEILA WEST,' b. 11 June 1851, at Watertown, N. Y. 

Atnelia, w. of Charles Denison Blish, d. 22 May, 1803, at 
Larchinont Manor, and is buried at Peekskill, N. Y. He m. (2) 

, Theresa M. Wells, widow of Charles 

Jay Wells, and dtr. of William H. and Harriet (Warner) Angel. 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 131 

She was b. 26 Mar. 1828, at Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y. She 
had two sons, WilHam Angel Wells, b. 18 June, 1849, ^t Oswego, 
N. Y. and George Henry Wells, b. i Apr. 1851, at VVatertown, N. 
Y., both of whom were adopted by their step-father and assumed 
Ithe name of Blish. William A. Blish is a broker in Wall street, 
N. Y. and George H. Blish is a discount clerk in the Importers 
& Trader's Bank, in New York City, where he has been for thirty 
years. 

Cliarles Denison Blish kept a hotel at W^atertown, N. Y. for 
many years; he then went to Oswego, N. Y. and ran a distillery; 
then farmed for a time, and then bought a distillery at Peoria, Bis. 
and another at Lacon, Bis. From there he returned to New York 
City, where his brother-in-law, Jackson Heckley had a contract for 
street cleaning, and Cliarles D. Blish was made manager of the 
work. He remained in New York City until his death. He was 
also a Wall street speculator. He d. 18 Nov. 1883, ''"d is buried in 
Woodlrtwn cemetery. 



324. JOHN SWEETLAND" BLISH. 

John Denison,^ John,' Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

JOHN SWEETLAND," s. of John Denison,^ (158) and Elcy 
(Collins) Blish, was b. 22 July 1824, at Hamilton, N. Y. He m. 
8 Nov. 1853, at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y. Marietta Haywood, dtr. 
of Benjamin Franklin and Almira (Haywood) Henshaw. She 
was b. 23 June 1825, at Northampton, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

564. METTA,' b. 29 Aug. 1854, at Watertown, N. Y. 

565. JOHN DENiISON,' b. 2 Nov. 1855, same place. 

566. LIZZIE,' b. ig Aug. 1859, at Cape Vincent,. N. Y. 



/^^./^^^^e^. 




John Denison' Blish (565) has been for some years foreign 
purchasing agent for B. Aultman, importer of dry goods, in New 



132 SIXTH GENERATION. 

Yory City, and has made many trips to Europe in that capacity. 
John Sweetland" Blish received an academic education and 
has resided in many places in New York, including St. Lawrence 
county, Jefferson county, Buffalo and Brooklyn City. He has 
been engaged in both mercantile and manufacturing pursuits. 
Was for four years in the customs department of the U. S. govern- 
ment, and for three years one of the Wardens of the Port of New 
York. 



326. OLI\'ER« BLUSH. 

(Joseph," Joseph,* Tristram,'* Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

OLIVER," s. of Joseph,= (i6i) and Sevila (Taylor) Blish, 
was b. II Dec. 1795. He m. 15 Mar. 1818, Clarissa, dtr. of 
Nathaniel Doke of Doak. She was b. 5 Mar., 1802, at Burlington, 
Vt. 

CHILDREN. 

570. OLIVER LORENZO, b. 7 Mar. 1S20. Lived a bachelor. 

571. GEORGE HENRY, b. 18 Mar. 1822. Lives at HarrisviUe, Mich. 
No children. 

572. HARRIS E. b. 19 Nov. 1824. Was surveyor for Cuyahoga Co. 

O. d. 5 June, 1880. 
573-+H.\RRIET CYNTHIA, b. 8 Sept 1826. 
574- WILLIAM DON, b. 15 Sept. 1828. d. 7 Apr. 1829. 
575. + MARY ELIZA, b. 20 Aug. 1831. 
S76.+EDWARD TAYLOR CHAUNCY, b. 22 Sept. 1833. 
■■ 577- + CHARLES .-^i.BERT, b. 22 Oct. 1836. 
578.-I-ROSAMOND ELIZABETH, b. 25 July 1840. 
579-+LEVERET CORNELIUS, b. 19 Feby. 1843, at Cleveland, Ohio. 

Oliver Blush d. 26 Mar. 1868, at Cleveland, Ohio. His wife 
Clarissa, d. 4 Jany. 1884, and both are buried in Brooklyn, O. Cem- 
etery. 

Oliver Blush was Capt. of Co. B. 3rd. Vermont, during the 
war of 1812-14. He was shot in the left arm in the battle of 
Plattsburg, and afterwards drew a pension for this wound. In 
1841 he went from Burlington, Vt. to Bloomfield, Mich., where he 
bought two quarter sections of land, which is now in Pontiac, 
Mich. All went well for the first year, but the second year they 
all got sick and becoming discouraged, he sold out and started for 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 133 

Buffalo. A terrible slorm on Lake Erie caused him to stop off 
in Cleveland, Uhio, where he remained. He bought land in what 
is called Brooklyn, but is now in the City of Cleveland. This land 
became very valuable. In i860, one William Fuller was elected 
County Treasurer of Cuyahoga County, and Oliver Blush and five 
other farmers became surties on his bond. He defaulted for 
a very large amount and fled to Canada, and Oliver Blush lost 
every foot of his land. He never recovered from this calamity. 
He was a man universally liked and respected, and was a deacon 
in the Presbyterian church. 

All the data for this family were obtained from Edward T. C. Blush 
(576) who says that his father said that the name should be spelled Blish 
and that some of his brothers spelled it that way. 



328. SALLY" WHEELER (BLUSH) SMITH. 

(Oliver," Joseph,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

SALLY WHEELER," adopted dtr. of Oliver-' Blush (162) 
was b. 12 Oct. 1795. She m. 5 Sept. 1815, Orrin Smith. He was 
b. 31 Dec. 1791, at Middlefield, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

I. ORRIN, b. 31 Aug. 1816. His name was afterwads changed to 

Charles. 

II. SARAH, b. 31 Aug. 1816. d. 10 Oct. 1821. Was a twin with Orrin. 

III. CORINTH, b. 15 May 1820. d. 10 Oct. 1821. 

IV. MARIA, b. 29 June 1822. d. 9 May 1849. 

V. LAWRENCE, b. 25 July 1824. 

VI. HENRY, b, 12 Jany. 1831, d. i Apr. 1831. 
VLI. CYNTHIA, b. 12 Jany. 1831. d. 22 June 1887. 

Sally Wheeler (Blush) Smith d. 25 Apr. 1848, and Orrin 
Smith, her husband, d. 2 May 1874, at Cumington, Mass. 

Orrin Smith was a descendant of Matthew Smith, cordwainer, 
from Sandwich, Kent, England, who came to Charlestovra, Mass. 
in 1637. 

References — Middlefield, Mass. Tn. and Ch. Rcc. and Smith 
Gen. 



134 SIXTH GENERATION. 

329. AMASA« BLUSH JR. 

(Amasa,-' Joseph'' Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

AMASA," Jr. s. of Amasa^ (163) and Nancy (Durant) 

Blush, was b. 16 Jany. 1803, at Aliddletield, Alass. He m 

Charlotte A 

CHILD. 

580. MARION, b. about Aug. 1827. d. 19 Mar. 1828, aged 8 

months. 

The Churcli iccord says;- "Died Mar. 19, 1828, a child of Widow 
Charlotte Blush, aged 8 Months." 

The Town record says :- "1828, Mar. 19, Maryan, a child of wid- 
ow Charlotte Blush, aged 8 months." 

Reference — MiddleHeld, Mass. Tn. and Ch. Rcc. 



330. OLIVER" BLUSH. 

(Ainasa'^ Joseph,"* Tristram.^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

OLIVER,"^ s. of Amasa" (163) and Nancy (Durant) Blush, 

was b. 18 Sept. 180&, at Aliddlefield, Mass. He m 

Harriet Smith. She was b. 29 Apr. 1805. 

CHILDREN. 
S81.+JEROME PITKIN," b. 19 June 1825. (?). 

582. AMASA.' b , 1830. He m. Jerusha Hurlburt, in 1852, and 

d. 31 May. 1S93. of apoplexy, at the age of 63. 

583. NANCY L.' b I Jany. 1831. She m. 9 July, 1852, Andrew Crow, 

a carpenter. 
584. ADELINE,' b. s Feby. 1834. A child d. 15 June 1834. but 
whether it was Adeline or some other, is not certain. 

585. MARTHA MARIA,' b. 22 Aug. 1835. "Alexander Whiffle, car- 
penter, age 20, and Martha Mariah Blusli, age 17 m. Nov. 17, 
1852." 

586 LOUISE ADELAIDE,' b. 18 Oct. 1841. "Dwight Sherman, son 
of George, farmer, and Louisa A. dtr. of Oliver and Harriet 
Blush, age 19, m. Mar. 8, 1859." 

587. ELLEN A.' b , 1844. "Harrison F. Smith, son of 

Samuel and Huldah. age 28, painter, m. Ellen A. Blush, dtr. of 
Oliver and Harriet, age 20, Feby. 21, 1864." 

588. MARY ELIZA,' b. 6 Mar. 1846. "Francis W. Taylor, of Woburn, 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 135 

Mass. age 25, trader, son of Worcester and Eliza A. Taylor, m. 
Mary E., dtr. of Oliver and Hariet Blush, age 21, Oct. 10, 1867." 
589. IDA CAROLINE," b. 26 May 1850. "Truman Stevens, of Nor- 
walk. Conn., age 28, clerk, son of Lawrence M. and Catharine 
m. Nov. 22 1871, Ida C. Blush, dtr. of Oliver and Harriet, age 21." 
Un-named children d. 4 Dec. 1829, 15 June 1838 and 21 Aug. 1840. 

Oliver Blush d. 10 Feby. 1877, ^t Middlefield, and his wife 
Harriet, d. 2 May 18S2. 

References — Middlefield, Mass. Tn. and Cli. Rcc. 



331. WILLIAM DURANT" BLUSH. 

(Amasa." Joseph,'' Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

WILLIAM DURANT," 3. of Amasa^ (163) and Nancy 
(Durant) Blush, was L. 3 Feby. 1809, at Middlefield, Mass. He 
m. 13 June 1833, Eliza Ann Sennett, of Blanford. 

CHILDREN. 

590. ELIZA ADALINE,' b. 22 May 1834. d. 3 June 183S. 

591. M \RY EL'/i-ABE'l H,' b. i Feby. 1836. d. May 20, 1838. 

592. + WILLIAM CLARK,' b. IS Aug. 1838. 

593. An infant, b d. 14 Dec. 1842. 

594. LUCY,' b. I Dec. 1843. d. 11 Dec. 1843. 

EHza Ann, w. of William D. Blush, d. i Aug. 1844, and he 
m. (2) Lucy Johnson of Qiester. She d. 19 May, 1847, aged 22, 
and he m. (3) Harriet Stone, of Chester, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

595. ARTHUR.' b. 5 Dec. 1853. Was a merchant at Monson, Mass. 

596. C./:ORGE,' h. ab;. 5-. Dec. 1851, d. 22 Feby. 1855. 

597. HARRIET S.' b. 25 June 1855. m. 25 Nov. 1875, George Kings- 
ley Brown, of Windsor, age 22, carpenter, son of Alfred and Mar- 
tha A. Brown. 

Harriet, w. of Wm. D. Blush, d. 26 June 1855, aged 28 years, 
and he m. (4th) 3 Jany. 1856, Mary W. dtr. of Rufus Prentice, of 
Worthington, Mass. and widow of George F. Fox, of Haydenville, 
Mass. She was 24 years old at this time. 

CHILDREN. 

598. EMMA,' b. 24 Apr. 1857. m. 25 Oct. 1877, Fred B. Hathaway, 
a farmer, age 26, and rem. to Suffield, Conn. 



136 SIXTH GENERATION. 

599.+EDWARD DURANT; b. 8 Dec. i860. 

600. AGNES ULIN; b .26 Sept. 1862. '■Frank IV. Pnneroy, a 
merchant, age 25, son of Sylvester and Elizabeth Pomeioy, m. 

Nov. 10, 1885, Agnes Ulin Blush, teacher, age 24." "She was giv- 
en a letter from the church to Evanston, III, 9 Feby. i8<A 

601. MARTHA SAMPSON,' b. 28 Mar. 1866. "Henry P. Klyver, of 

Syracuse, minister, age 29, son of Neilson and Mariana Klyver, 
m. I June i&,'J. Martha S. Blush, teacher, age 26." 

William Durant Clush was a man of great energy and enjoyed 
the confidence of the entire community in which he lived. He 
succeeded his father in his manufacturing industries at Middlefield. 
When his buildings burned in 1850, he did not rebuild. Being 
advanced in his years, he retired to his farm and devoted hiin- 
self to raising fine stock. He was a member of, and liberal con- 
tributor to the Congregational Church in Middlefield. He d. 19 
Alar. 1879. Mary W. widow of William D. Blush, d. 3 Apr. 1894, 
of cancer. All are buried in the family lot in ]\Iiddlefield. 

References — Middlefield, Mass. Tii. and Ch. Rec. and tomb- 
stones. 



341. ANNE BLISH" DELANCE. 

(David," David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

ANNE° dtr. of Dea. David' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) Blish, 

was b. 22 July, 1776, at Glastonbury, Conn. She m 

1794, Delevan, s. of Delevan and Hephzibah (Marvin) Delance. 
She was b. 5 Feby. 1774, at Surry, N. H. 

CHILDREN. 

602. DE.A.N' DELANCE, b. 6 Oct. 1796, at Surry, N. H. m. EU-otJ 
Goodrich, and had one child, Edward Goodrich Delance. He m. 
(2) Lucy North. He d. 5 Apr. 1858, at Chazy, N. Y. 

603. -I- LUCY' DELANCE, b. 11 Feby. 1798. 

60+ DAVID' DELANCE, b d Sept. 1S80, at 

Willsboro, N. Y. 

605. PHEBE' DELANCE, b , m. Ransom Ess''-" 

ston, of Essex, N. Y. 

606. THANKFUL' DELANCE, b , d. 4 Feby. 1884. 

at Chazy, N. Y., unmarried. 

607. GARRET' DELANCE, b. 18 Sept. 1807, m. Charlotte Fusbic, 
and had 4 children, I, David Blish: 2, Saran Ann; 3, Maronette, 
4, Mary. 

608. ALVIN R.' DliLANCE, b. 14 Aug. 1S09. m. (i), Eunice Cowan, 




BEULAH WILCOX BLISH. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. ' 137 

and (2), Sarah Dennis. No childretn. .i. ui Willsboro, N. Y, 

609. jane; DELANCE, b. I Dec. 1814. m. Scth Nichols, and had i. 

Dean D. ; 2, Mary E. ; and 3, Ellen H. Lived at Chazy, N. Y. 

610. MARY' DELANCE, b. 6 Nov. 1816. d. unmarried, ti June 1870. 

All of the children except Dean were b. in Essex, N. Y. 

Delevan Delance d. i Apr. 1841, at Chazy, N. Y. His w. 
Anne, d. 6 Sept. 1866, at Willsboro, N. Y., aged 90. 

Delevan Delance would have called himself a farmer, but 
most of his life was spent in public business. He was sheriff of 
the county, a member of the New York Assembly, and most of the 
time held some town office. 

The Delance's are of French descent, and the name on the 
tombstone of Delevan Sr. at Essex, N. Y. is "De la Lance." 
Delevan Jr. thinking that the name had too much of a foreign, 
flavor, shortened it to "Delance." 



343. COL. DANIEL" BLISH. 
( David, •'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

DANIEL,'' s. of Dea. David' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) 
Blish, was b. 29 Aug. 1780, at Glastonbury, Conn. He m. 30 Dec. 
i8g2, at Gilsum, N. H. Beulah, dtr. of Eleazur and Mary 
(Mack) Wilcox. She was b. 16 Mar. 1782, at Gilsum, N. H. 

CHILDREN. 
Twelve children were born, twice twins, but all died at birth, excepting 

611. HIRAM,' b. 16 Feby. 1807. d. 18 July 1810. 
6i2.+M.'\RY WILCOX,' b. 14 Sept. 1814. 
613.+DANIEL,' b. 6 Jany. 1817. 
614.+BEULAH,' b. 17 Mar. 1819. 

Daniel '^ Blish was a farmer and one of the two ordained 
Deacons of the Baptist church at Jay, N. Y., which office he held 
until his death. 

On Feby. nth, 181 1, he was appointed Captain of the Essex 
company, Lieut. Col. Barnes' Regt. He served as Captain of a 
company in the 3rd. Batillion of New York Detached Militia, in 
the war of 1812. His name appears on a roll dated at Camp 
Plattsburg, Nov. i8th. 1813. Time of service 2 mos. 11 days. 
He was appointed, 6 Apr. 181 5, Major Commandant of the 2nd. 
Battalion of the 9th. Regt., vice Major Reuben Sanford, resigned. 



138 SIXTH GENER.\TION. 

In 1817, Mar. 4, he was appointed Lieut. Colonel of die Essex 
Battalion of Infantry. 

Daniel' Blish d. 1$ May 1820, at Jay, N. Y. of heart trouble. 

Beulah Blish, his widow, made application for bounty, 2 Mar. 
1854, when she was 72 years old. Her claim was allowed for the 
actual time her husband served in the War of 1812, stated to be 70 
days. 

Beulah Wilcox Blish deserves more than a passing notice. 
Married at 21, she was left a widow eighteen years later, with a 
family of small children and the care of the farm. Happily she 
was well fitted by nature for such responsibility. She managed 
the farm and reared her children with rare judgment, with her firm 
but remarkably even temperament. She was never known to ex- 
hibit anger, and not only cared for her own family, but was noted 
for her benevolence and kindness to the sick or distressed about 
her. 

She was active to the last, and d. 17 May 1861, after an ill- 
ness of only 24 hours. The large concourse at her funeral attested 
the esteem in which she was held in the community. 

References — Hayzivrd's Hist, of Gilsuin. N. II., Record Pen 
sion Office and Bureau of Pensions, IVash.' Minutes of Council of 
Appointments, Military N. Y. 



344. LUCY" BLISH HEDDING. 
(David,'' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,- Abraham.*) 

LUCY,'' dtr. of Dea. David-'' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) Blish, 
was b. 4 Aug. 1782, at Glastonbury, Conn. She m. 10 Jany. 1810, 
at Gilsum, N. H. to Rev. Elijah Hedding. He was b. 7 June, 
1780, at what is now the town of White Plains, in Dutchess Co., 
N. Y. 

Elijah Hedding was of English parentage. Though neither 
of his parents were professors of religion, his mother was seriously 
inclined and took great pains to instruct him in truth and christ- 
ian duty. Notwithstanding his home training, he became some- 
what uncontrollable, through some evil associations. This condi- 
tion, happily, did not last long. In 1791 his parents removed to 
Starksborough, Vermont, an almost unsettled country, and here 
the boy began to develop, both physically and mentally, and showed 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 139 

an adventurous spirit bordering on recklessness. He was active, 
botii in body and mind, and investigated various forms of religious 
and irreligious beliefs. He never evaded the issue, being open 
and frank in all he said or did, until he finally got back to the teach- 
ings of his good mother, and became interested in the ]\Iethodist 
church, which he soon joined, and was for a time an exhorter, 
then a local preacher and about 1800, received a regular license. 
In 1801 lie was appointed to the Plattsburg circuit. It was while 
here that he became acquainted with the family of David Blish. 
He was located at many different places, after the manner of the 
J\Iethodist parsons. In 1824, he was chosen a Bishop of the Meth- 
odist church, which office he held with honor to himself and the 
church for twenty-eight years. He was a remarkable man and un- 
iversally esteemed werever he was known. 

No children were born to him, but the name Hedding has 
been handed down through several generations of the Blish family, 
indicating the honor and esteem in which he was held bv the fam- 
ily. 

Bishop Hedding d. 9 April, 1852, and his wife did not long 
survive him. The remains of both repose in the beautiful ceme- 
tery, on the east side of the Hudson river, a short distance below 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

References — Hayicard's Hist. Gilsunt, N. H., Annals of the 
American Pulpit. Life & Times of Bisliop Hedding, by Dr. Clark. 



345. HOPE'' BLISH WHITNEY. 

(David."' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

HOPE," dtr. of Dea. David^ (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) 
Blish, was b. 30 July 1784, at Glastonbury, Conn. She m. 26 Nov. 

j8oi. Rev. Samuel Whitney Jr. s. of Samuel and Mary ( 

' ■ ) Whitney. He was b. 14 July 1781. 

CHILDREN. 

615. D.\NIEL' WHITNEY, b 

616. NORM.\N' WHITNEY, b 

617. SAMUEL" WHITNEY, b 

618. DEMIS' WHITNEY, b 

619. HARRIET' WHITNEY, b 

620. JOHN' WHITNEY, b 



140 SIXTH GENERATION. 

346. DAVID" BLISH. 

(David/ David/ Tristram.^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

DAVID/ s. of Dea. David'' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) Blish 

)vas b. 1 Nov. 17S6, at Gilsum, N. H. He m ,1811 

Mary (called "Pully"), dtr. of Samuel Whitney Sr. and Mary, 
his wife. She was b. 10 Apr. 1784, at Gilsum, N. H. 

CHILDREN. 

621.+DANJEL.' b. 17 June 1812. at Gilsum, N. H. 
622.4-0.^1 D,' b. 30 Nov. 1814, at Surry, N. H. 
623. -f MARY JANE,' b. 27 Jany. 1817, at Jay, N. Y. 

624. JOHN.' b. 28 Nov. 1819, at Jay, and d. 17 Mar. 1820. 

625. LUCY,' b. I Feby. 1821, at Jay. and d. 30 Sept. 1838, at Lawrence- 
ville, N. Y. 

626.-I-EMILY.' b. 30 Apr. 1823. 

627. WILLLAM CL.ARK,' b. 30 Nov. 1825, at Peru, N. Y. He m. 

I Nov. 1853, at Peru, N. Y. Harriet Evalinc. dtr. of Luther and 

Clarissa (Bush) Ferris. She was b. 31 Aug. 1829. at Lavvrence- 

ville, N. Y. 

Mary or "Polly" Whitney, was a sister of the Rev. Samuel Whitney, 

Jr. who m. Hope Bhsh (.145). sister of David Blish (346). 

David Blish d. 15 Nov. 1872, at Lawrenceville, N. Y., and 
his wife, Mary d. 17 June, 1868, at the same pace. 

Reference — Hayward's Hist, of Gilsum, N. H. 



347. ZERUIAH" BLISH TINKHAM. 
(David,"' David,* Tristram.' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ZERUIAH,'' dtr. of Dea. David-' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) 
Blish. wash. 16 June 1789, at Gilsum, N. H. m. 3 Feby. 1808, Rev. 
John Tinkham. 

Rev. John Tinkham preached at Eaton. Mass. fourteen years. 
He also preached for the Methodist church in Gilsum, in 1804 
and 1803. He d. at Eaton. Mass. 29 June, 1824, at the age of 42 
years. His wife. Zeruiah, d. 23 June 1863, at the same place. 

Reference — Hayward's Hist, of Gilsum, N. H. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 141 

348. DEMIS" BLISH WADE. 

(David,'' David, ^ Tristram-'' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

DEMIS,'' dtr. of Dca. Davjd'' (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) 
Blish, was b. 30 June, 1791, at Gilsum, N. H. She m. 15 Oct. 
1816, Daniel, s. of David and Cloe (Drake) Wade. He was b. 
15 Apr. 1795, at Easton- Mass. 

CHILDREN. 
630. HARRIET NEWELL \V.\DE.' b. 28 Jaiiy. 1818, at Walpole, 

Mass. 
631. ELi\UR.\ .A.D.\MS \V.A.DE.' b. 21 Mar. iS.'o. at Stoughton, 
Mass. 
632. L.\URA WADE.' b. 6 Feby. 1822. 
63V LOUISA WADE,' b. 15 May 1823. 

634. DANIEL WADE, Jr.' b. 28 Jany. 1825. 

635. ORRIN WADE,' b. 25 Oct. 1827, at Marlboro.' 

636. CHARLES WADE.' b. 14 Julv 1831. 

637. OLIVER FRESCOTT WADE,' b. 21 Nov. 1S33. 

Daniel Wade Sr. d. 10 July 1869, at Webster, Mass. and his 
wife. Demis, d. ly May 1865, at the same place. 

Reference — Hayward's Hist, of Gilsum. N. H. 



349.. JOHN" BLISH. 

(David,' David, ^ Tristram-" Joseph," Abraham.') 

JOHN." s. of Dca. David'^ (165) and Lucy (Wilcox) Blish, 

was b. 21 Mar. 1793, at Gilsum, N. H. He m 

181 3, Merab Ann, dtr. of Stephen and Mary ( ■ ) 

Wales. She was b 1793- at Woodstock- Vt. 

CHILDREN, 

638. MERAB ANN.' b. 8 Aug. 1815. d. 17 Apr. 1831. 

639. + ELLEN DOUGLAS,' b. 10 Mar. 1817. 
640.+LUCY HEDD-ING,' b. 5 May 1819. 
641.+JOHN HEDDING.' b. 2^ .^'pr. 1S21. 

642. MARY.' b. 5 Apr. 1823. d. Aug. 1824. 

64r + ELITAH HEDDING.' h. S Mar. 182",. 
644- + MARY DUNHAM.' b. 20 Febv. 1S27. 
645. + ED\VIN WALES.' b. 25 Dec. 1829. 



142 SIXTH GENER.\TION. 

646. EMILY TIXKHAM; b. 3 Xov. 1S31. ra. 16 Oct. 1S51. XcUon 
Willi J ms. 

647. WILLIAM WALES; b. 5 Dec. 1S33. d. 12 Apr. 1S56, at Janes- 
ville, Wis. unmarried. 

John'^ Blish settled in Woodstock, X'ermont, in 1817, and en- 
gaged in the tinware business vvith a partner by the name of Roby. 
The brick block, on the corner next to Edson's Row, was built by 
Blish & Roby, in 1830, and they moved into it in December of that 
year. 

In former times the road turned off to the north and passed 
.in front of the ground on which Mr. Foster's barn now stands. 
On the site of this barn was once a house, on the south side of the 
highway, built by the Randalls as early as 1788, and occupied 
by William Randall until 1793. He then sold it to Moses Barnet, 
and the house went by the name of the "Barnet House" for many 
years. In 1800 it was occupied by William Rice, sheriff, mer- 
,chant, etc. Until his departure from Woodstock, about 1810. In 
1814, Caleb Simmons went into the house, and in 1817 John Blish 
purchased the premises, described in the deed as "a triangle con- 
Itaining 71 square rods." On the point of the triange he built his 
"red shop" which he used for some years, until he moved further 
down street, near the center of business. The red shop was used 
for a school house for a long time, until Jonas G. Tribeau bought 
it of the Blish estate, in 1845. ^^"ith a small piece of land, and oc- 
cupied it as a dwelling and wheelwright shop. The remainder 
Df the triangle was sold by John Blish, in 1826, with the Barnet 
house, to Amos McLaughlin. 

In 1835, the Methodists felt strong enough to erect a church. 
John Blish owned a piece of land bounding on the common, and 
this he deeded Mar. 5th, 1836, to Hosea Healey and three others- 
stewards of the M. E. church of Woodstock, and the church was 
built upon it. John Blish took an active part in the church and 
was largely instrumental in getting it built. He was also always 
interested in the im.provement of the town. The old elm tree at 
the comer of Chestnut and Pleasant streets, was set out by John 
Blish and Mr. Cubley, who brought it from the site of ^Ir. Wa^ 
kin's house on Lincoln street. John" Blish d. i Sept. 1843, 3t 
Woodstock, Vt., and his wife. Merab. d. s Tanv. 1861, at Giicago. 
111. 

References — Hayzcard's Hist, of GUsiim. N. H.. Hist, of 
Woodstock. Vermont. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. i43 

371. AARON HUBBARD^ BLISH. 

(Thomas/ David.' Tristram," Joseph,- Abraham.') 

AARON HUBBARD,'^ s. of Dea. Thomas'^ (169) and Pru- 
dence (Hubbard) Blish, was b. 31 July, 1786, at Glastonbury, 

Conn. He m ■ . . • , Joanna, dtr, of Timothy 

and Anna (Andrews) Hale. She was b. 17 .Aug. 1788, at Man- 
^Chester, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
6SI.4-TIMOTHY .\USTIN,' b. 18 .\ug. 1810. at Glastonbur>-, Conn. 
652. + D.\\'ID DWIGHT.' b. 27 Oct. iSi-'. 
653.+AARON HUBBARD,' b. 5 Sept. 1S15. 
654.+HIRAM HALE,^ b. 8 Apr. 1S18. 

6S5.+SARAH TEAXETTE, b. 9 Dec. 1820. Bap. July 1821. 
656.+ADALIXE TliERESA,' b. 29 Aug. 1826. 

Aaron Hubbard" Blish was a farmer and large land owner in 

Glastonbury.. 

1832, Aug. 10. Was chosen hayward, which seems to have been 
his only public office. The Eastbur\' church record has 
the following entry — "1807, 2nd, Sabbath in April, were 
received in full covenant, Hubbard Blish and wife." 
He d. 10 Aug. 1832, at the age of 46 years. Sylvester 
Blish (373) and Timothy A. Blish were appointed ad- 
ministrators of his estate, and gave bond for §10,000. 
with William Smith as surety. David E. Hubbard and 
Roger Blish were appointed as appraisers, and six 
months limit allowed to creditors. 

lN\'ENTORY of the Estate of Aaron Hubbard Blish was filed 29 
Sept. 1832. as follows :- 

Wearing apparel, by estimation. $ 32 84 

Household furniture, valued at 2S5 zy 

Farming utensils 243 43 

21 head of neat stock. 463 SO 

4 horse kind, do 152 00 

22 sheep do. $29.48 ; 4 hogs and 7 pigs. $23.00 5-48 

To I still-worm , 3till house and other apparatus 90 00 

26 cords of two-foot wood 24 00 

To 11816 feet of timber, board measure. $8. per 1000. 94 52 

About 37 bushels of rye $27.75 ; about 60 bushels of oats $20. ... 47 75 

About 27 tons of hay 216 00 



144 SIXTH GENERATION. 

One stall in the shed at the meeting house, 15 oo 

One black-smith shop, bellows and vise, 50 00 

Real Estate. Home lot and stacking lot, about 120 acres .2634 00 

Wells & Hurlbut lot, containing about 92 acres, 2208 00 

Tryon lot, contammg about 14 acres, 37S 00 

HiBs lot, containing about 29 acres, 348 00 

Kellogg lot, containmg about 135 acres 2430 00 

Notes. One note agamst Solomon Olcott, due, 12 50 

One do do Newton Skinner, due 45 10 

One do do Jared Hills, due 6 40 

One do do Elijah Shirtleff, due, 32 oo 

Cash, 1 7 00 



$9877 79 
David E. Hubbard, 

Roger Blish, Appraisers under oath. 

1833, Mar. 9. On motion of Sylvester Blish and Timothy A 
Blish, Admrs. etc. the court set out to Joanna Blish, 
widow, household goods and other property, to the 
amount of $268.00. $300 is allowed to the widow for 
support during the settlement of said estate. 

1835, June 2. Joanna Blish appointed guardian of Sarah J. and 
Adaline T. Blish, minors. Thaddeus Wells appointed 
guardian of Hiram H. Blish. 

1838, Apr. 4. On petition of Roger Blish, showing that the prop- 
erty of the said Sarah J. and Adaline T. Blish was ex- 
posed to waste and loss, their tnother was removed and 
Elmon Strong appointed guardian. 

The real estate of Aaron Hubbard Blish was divided among 
his children, after setting off the widow's dower, in 1833, by Rog- 
er Blish. Thaddeus Wells and Leonard Hale, Commissioners ap- 
pointed for that purpose. 

Joanna Blish, widow, m. Russell Brown, and d. 18 Aug. 1854, 
at South Manchester, Conn. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tii. Rec, Eastbury Cli. Rec. 
and Hartford Probate Rec. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 145 

373. DOROTHY' BLISH TALCOTT. 

(Thomas.'^ David'^ Tristram," Joseph,'- Abraham.') 

DOROTHY," dtr. of Dea. Thomas'* (169) and Prudence 
(Hubbard) BHsh, was b. 8 Apr. 1789, at Glastonbury, Conn. She 
m. 24 Oct. 1805, Capt. WiUiam, s. of William and Mary (Carter) 
Talcott. He was b. 6 Alar. 1784, at Hebron, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

657. T>10M.'\S BLISH,' TALCOTT, b. 17 Apr. 1806. in. 5 June 1843, 
Sophia H. Williard. 

658. + WAIT' TALCO r T, b. 17 Oct. 1807. 

659. W1LLL\M HUBBARD' TALCOTT, b. 7 Apr. 1809, m. 27 July 

1836. Harriet N. Williams. 

660. SYLVESTER' TALCOTT, b. 14 Oct. 1810. m, 10 June 1841. 
Mary IVcstlake. 

661. AD.\LINE' TALCOTT, b. 8 Jany. 1812. d. unm. 4 July 1828. 

662. WALTER HENRY,' TALCOTT, b. 13 Feby. 1814. m. i Oct. 
1845, Emclinc McConncll. 

663. MOSLEY DWIGHT' TALCOTT, b. 6 Sept. 1816, d. 11 Aug. 
1828. at ■ Rome, N. Y'. 

664. SAMUEL' TALCOTT, b. i Mar. 1818, m. 23 Sept. 1847, Minerva 
Pcttibune. 

665. HARRIEl NEWELL' TALCOTT, b. 14 Apr. 1820, m. 10 Oct. 
1843, Charles C. Wright. 

666. + PRUDENCE HUBBARD' TALCOTT, b. 4 Mar. 1822. 

Capt. William Talcott emigrated with his family, consisting 
of himself and wife and three children, in 1810, to Rome, New 
York, which was then considered the "far west." During the war 
of 1812, the militia of Oneida county was called out and stationed 
at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., under the command of Gen. Winficld 
Scott, at which time William Talcott held a Lieutenant's commis- 
sion in a company in the 157th. Regt. of the Militia of the State. , 

In 1835, he with his eldest son, Thomas B. Talcott, explored 
the "great west" making the trip with horse and buggy, and se- 
lected a location at the junction of Rock and Pecatonica rivers, 
row known as Rockton. in Winnebago Co., Illinois, to which 
place he came with his family, in 1837. Here he built grist mills, 
which were known for many years as the pioneer mills of the 
country and did the custom grinding for a large section of the 
surrounding territory. On the 23rd. of March, 1838, he assisted 



146 SIXTH GENERATION. 

in organizing the First Congregational church, consisting of four- 
teen members, of which five were of his own family, viz. himself 
and wife, Dorothy, his daughters Harriet and Prudence and his 
son Walter. In 1855, when the society had increased an'd built a 
ichurch, he donated a bell for it, for which he was thanked by a 
vote of the church and also by a vote at the Town Meeting, which 
ordered his name to be engraved on the bell, at the Town's ex- 
pense. 

He was a pronounced abolitionist, and present at the national 
convention at Buffalo, N. Y. in 1844, which nominated James G. 
Birney for the presidency, and was one of the seven who voted the 
ticket in i8to. in Winnebago county, Illinois. He d. 2 Sept. 1864, 
at Rockton, Ills, honored and respected by the entire community. 

Dorothy Blish Talcott was a large woman, resembling her 
father. She was a woman of great energy and executive ability, 
doing her full share in the two pioneer ventures of her husband. 
She d. 24 Nov. 1879, at Rockton. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rec, Hebron, Conn. 
Tn .Rec. and Talcott Gen. 



373. Col. SYLVESTER" BLISH. 

(Thomas '^ David.* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

Col. SYL\' ESTER," s. of Dea. Thomas'' ( 169) and Pru- 
dence (Hubbard) Blish, was b. 31 Dec. 1790, at Glastonbury, 
Conn. He m. i Jany. 181 2, at South Manchester, Conn. Rhoda, 
dtr. of Timothy and Rhoda (Skinner) Cheney. She was b 3 
Dec. 1794, at South Manchester, Conn, in Orford I'arish. 

CHILDREN. 
667.+WILLI.A.M HENRY,' b. 25 May 1812. Bap. 12 Nov. 1812. 
668.+THOM.'\S.' b. 18 Sept. 1815. 

669. + CHARLES CHENEY.' b. 26 May 1820. 

670. + PRUDENCE HUBBARD,' b. 26 Mar. 1S22. Bap. i Sept. 1S22. 

by Rev. Mr. Allen. 
^67i.+GEORGE CHENEY,' b. 12 Jany. 1831. Bap. 22 May 1831. 



COLONEL 
SYLVESTER BLISH. 





KIIOHA CHKN'EY BLISH. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 147 

Sylvester Blish was a very active and eiigertic man. He had 
ithc fiery and impetuous temperment of his mother, combined with 
the determination of his father. He was pubhc spirited and ac- 
tive in poHtics holding many public offices in Connecticut. He 
was lister in Glastonbury in 1815. 1817 and 1818; was tithingmaa 
1817, 1819 and 1826; was surveyor of highways in 1820, 1821, 
1823, 1824, 1825 and 1827: was on board the relief in 
1822 and 1823; was collector of taxes in 1825; was grand jury- 
man in 1828 and 1829; was town agent and fence-viewer in 1830; 
selectman in 18.^2 andi833 ; and a memberof the Connecticut Gen- 
eral Assembly in 1835. 

He was also prominent in military matters and rose through 
gradual promotions until he was Colonel in the Connecticut Mil- 
itia for several years before he left Connecticut, in 1836. He was- 
one of the administrators of the estate of his brother Aaron Hub- 
bard Blish, and also administered upon the estate of his father. 

In 1835 a rumor was spread through Connecticut and Mass- 
achusetts that the Catholics were colonizing the fertile Mississippi 
valley with the intention of founding a Catholic hierachy there, 
&nd a movement was inaugurated with the object of sending out 
Ptotestant colonies and settlements to counteract the Catholic 
movement. A stock company was organized in Wethersfield, 
Conn, for this purpose, the Rev. Caleb Tenney, of Wethersfield, 
and the Rev. Gardner Spring of New York, being among the lead- 
ers of the enterprise. Col. Blish joined the Wethersfield compa- 
ny, which was called "The Connecticut Association." A fund 
raised, and in 1836, Col. Sylvester Blish. Elizur Goodrich and Rev. 
Ithamar Pillsbury were chosen to proceed west and purchase lands. 
Rev. Ithmar FilLsbury was not a member of the association, but 
had been in the west the preceeding year, in the interest of another 
similar as.sociation, so that his experience was valuable. Elizur 
Goodrich was a surveyor. They went to Illinois, a trip that was 
not without considerable hardship at that time. Mr. Goodrich 
became discouraged by the vastness and seeming endlessness of 
the prairies, but Col. Blish, encouraged by the zeal and hopefulness 
of Mr. Pillsbury, pushed the work to a completion. 

They selected and entered over fifteen thousand acres of land 
in Henry countv, Illinois, and returned to Connecticut. Col. 
Blish was so impressed with the fertility of the soil in Illinois and 
the future possibilities of the country, that he determintd to make- 



148 SIXTH GENERATION. 

his home there. He sold his lands in Connecticut, and in the 
spring of 1837, started with his family for Illinois, making the en- 
tire trip in a carriage. His wagon, farniing utensils and house- 
hold effects were shipped by water to New Orleans and from 
iLhence they came up the Mississippi river to the settlement at 
Rock Island, "ahout 'forty miles from the location of the colony 
.lands. These lands were happily chosen. The greater portion 
lay to the south of a large grove of oak, walnut and hickory timb- 
er, ab.Qut fifteen miles long and six miles wide. A portion of the 
colony lands were located in the south edge of the timber. To a 
person reared among the stony hills of Connecticut or Massachu- 
setts, these vast rolling prairies, with their rich, black soil, were at 
once a wonder and an inspiration. A town site was laid out a 
httle to the south of the grove and called Wethersfield. By the 
forms of the Associatiun, each share of stock gave the owner the 
right to select a quarter section (160 acres) of prairie land, a 
twenty acre timber lot and a village lot, which contained two and 
one-half acres. A number of other colonists arrived the same 
year, and the season was taken up mainly with the construction 
of log hou.ses and the raising of small crops to provide for the 
coming winter. Space forbids any extended account of the priva- 
tions of these early comers or the growth and final success of the 
venture. The Catholic scare was purely imaginary, but the re- 
sults were good for the parties concerned and for the communi- 
ties planted in the new country. Three other settlements were 
made in the near vicinity of Wethersfield. one at Andover, by 
Massachusetts people, one at Geneseo, by New York people and 
one at Providence by Rhode Island people. 

Col. Blish took an active interest in the aflfairs of the new 
country and aided and encouraged its development and settlement. 
He became a large land owner and prospered beyond his most san- 
guine expectations. In J853 a railroad was projected which 
would give connections with Chicago, and into this enterprise he 
launched with all his accustomed vigor, and in 1855 the railroad 
was a reality. From this time the real development of the coun- 
try began. A railroad statiori was located a little over a half a 
mile north of the Town site of Wethersfield, which was named 
Kewanee, that meanins; in Indian dialect "prairie hen". Col. Blish 
owned a quarter section of land adjoining the new railroad station, 
which is now a part of the City of Kewanee, and completely cover- 
ed with factories and residences. That is east of the orisrinal vil- 
lage of Kev/anee. while the City has now etended a rnile to the 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 149 

west and taken in his old homestead and orchard, which was just 
'at the south edge 01 the grove. Even the old Village of \V ethers- 
field is now putting on city airs, with water -works, street lights 
and trolly cars. 

Col. Blish was for many years the post master in Wetlicrs- 
field and held the same office in Kewanee, until his death, being 
ilie first post master in both places. For many years after his ar- 
rival in Wethersfield, Col. Blish kept the only hotel in Wethers- 
field. The old oval sign stood upon a post, with the words : 
"S. BLISH. IXN" painted thereon. His house was the stop- 
ping place for the stage lines which traversed the country before 
the advent of railroads. 

The greatest obstacle, with which the pioneers had to con- 
tend, was the lack of transportation facilities and their great dis- 
tance form available markets. A limited quantity of wheat was 
marketed, by teams, at Peoria, Lacon, and other river points, 
and occasionally at Chicago. The surest source of income was by 
fattening hogs, butchering and dressing tiiem and hauling the 
whole carcasses to the river towns and selling them to the packing 
houses, or by raising cattle and selling them on the hoof to buyers, 
who took them away in droves to eastern points. 

Soon after the settlers arrived in Wethersfield, they organized 
a Congregational society, rvlectiiigs were held at the houses of the 
members, and Col. Blish's being the largest, was usually used. 
Col. Blish was the first chorister, and the music was strictly vocal. 
Later a base viol was added. In the fall of 1838- a log school 
house was built, and this was used for church services for some 
ten years. 

Col. Blish was also an etensive stock raiser and took especial 
'^rifle in his hor.'^es. He brought the first Morgan horses to 
Wethersfield, and the effect of his labors is still apparent in the 
neighborhood. He was an expert horseman, and no animnl was 
too wild for him to handle. He d. 8 Oct. 1855. in the old house 
on the place on which he located on his arrival in Illinois, a new 
house which he was building, having been almost ready for occu- 
pancy. He is buried in the old Kewanee cemetery, which he do- 
nated to the \'illage, when it was first laid out. 



e^^.^ ^^<f^ 



Rhoda Cheney Blish remained on the old farm, living with 
her .'ion Qiarles. She was a short, fleshy woman, of fair complex- 



I50 SIXTH GENERATION. 

ion and blue eyes. She was a great reader and kept herself well 
informed on all current topics. Left with independant means, 
she took great pleasure in helping others. A score of grand-child- 
ren remember her kind words and motherly care. Patient, loving 
and cheerful, the close of her life was like a beautiful sunset. She 
d. 9 Jany. 1878, in her 84th, year, and her remains lie beside her 
husband. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rec. Eastbury Ch. 
Rec, Cheney Gen. 



374. ADELINE PAMELIA" (BLISH) CHENEY. 

(Thomas,^ David,'' Tristram.^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ADELINE PAMELIA," dtr. of Thomas' (169) and Pru- 
dence (Hubbard) Blish, was b. 7 Aug. 1807, at Glastonbury, 
Conn. She m. 26 Oct. 1825, Halsey, s. of Timothy and Rhoda 
(Skinner) Cheney. He was b. 30 June 1799, at Manchester, 
Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

672. PRUDENCE HUBBARD' CHENEY b. i Feb. 1827. m. 18 Junt 
1849, William Ellery Hart, who d. 24 Jany. 1858. Children : 
I: Ida Adeline Hart, b. 2 June, 1850; d. 3 Feby. 1853. II, Rich- 
ard William Hart, b. 3 Oct. 1851 ; d. 12 May 1858. 

673.-f THO'M.\S BLISH.' CHENEY, b. 2 Dec. 1828. 

674.-f ED\V.A.RD HALSEY,' CHENEY, b. 2 Apr. 1832. 

675.-t-GEORGE WELLS' CHENEY, b. 15 Dec. 1833. 

676.-i-CHARLES SYLVESTER' CHENEY, b. 2 Apr. 1836. 

677.4-HARRIET ELIZABETH' CHENEY, b. 25 June 1838. 

678. -I- ADELINE LOUIS.V CHENEY, b. 10 Feby 1842. 

679.-hEMMA JANE' CHENEY, b. 8 Sept. 1848. 

680.-I-ELEANOR MARI.V CHENEY, b. 3 July, 1850. 

Halsey Cheney was a carriage maanufacturer, at Middle- 
town. Conn, the greater part of his life. He d. 9 May 1853, at 
Middletown. His widow Adeline moved to Kewanee, Illinois, 
in 1S57, accompanied with his sons Edward and George and 
the three youngest children and purchased a farm adjoining the 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 151 

old homestead of her brother Sylvester Blish. She was a woman 
of great energy and of a hopeful temperment, always making the 
.best of everything. She seemed to be always jolly and cheerful 
and there was something doing wherever she was. She d. in Ke- 
wanee. Illinois, at the home of her daughter Emma, (Airs. Vail) 
13 Sept. 1875, from the effects of a strangulated hernia. 

References — Glastonbury Tn. Rec. Cheney Gen. 




382. NO\'ATUS'' BLISH. 

(Aaron,' David, ^ Tristram, = Joseph,- Abraham.*) 

NOX'ATL'S," of Aaron^ (172) and Ro.xie (, Webster) Blish, 
■was b. 3 Apr. 1795, at Glastonbury, Conn. He m. 6 Nov. 18 17, 
at Harpersfield, Delaware County, Xew York, Sophia Brett. She 
was b. 4 Apr. 1895, at Harpersfield. 

CHILDREN. 
68S. + ALOXZO HOVV.A.RD,' b. 25 Sept. 1818, at Stamford, N. Y. 
(&&. + . \AROS.' b. II July 1820. 

687. + HE\RY M.\RSHALL.' b. 14 Feby. 1824. 

Sophia Brett Blish d. 2 Mar. 1S24. from the effects of child-birth, and 
Novatus Blish m. (2), 14 Oct. 1S24, Mary Mapcs Barlow, a widow with 
two children, and dtr. of David Mapcs. She was b. 16 July. 1796, at 
Cocksackie, N. Y. 

CHJLDREN. (2nd. marriage.) 

688. + NOV.'\TUS M.\PES,' b. 14 Julv 182S. at Roxburv, N. Y. 

689. MARY,' b. 16 July 1825. 

690+DAYID FARSHALL,' b. 6 Oct. 1836. at Stamford, N. Y. 

Novatus Blish received only a common school education and 
■after his first marriage, settled on Rose's Brook, Delaware Co. N. 
Y. and engaged in farming and blacksmithing. He remained 
there until the death of his first wife. After his second marriage, 
he removed to the Village of Roxbury, in the same county, and 
engaged in merchandising for some four years, and then moved to 



152 SIXTH GENERATION. 

the Town of Stamford, where he bought a stock of goods and a 
store from John Grihin. He also bought a farm and ashery ami 
carried on business for some twenty-one years. His death, which 
was sudden and tragic, occured i6 Nov. 1848. He was building 
and had nearly completed, a new store ; a ladder which was made 
of two iron-wood saplings, with the ends cut slanting, was stand- 
ing against the scaffolding; he went up into the scaffold, which 
gave way and he fell upon the sharp end of the ladder, which 
penetrated his vitals. He lived but twenty-four hours after the 
injury, suffering intensely. 

He was an influential man in the community, and his sudden 
taking off was a great shock. His son Novatus was working with 
him at the time of the accident. 

Hi.s widow, Marv, d • and is buried at Ho- 

bart. N. Y. 



3S3. ARIST.\RCHUS'' BLISH. 

( Aaron. '^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- .-\braham.') 

ARISTARCHUS," s. of Aaron'' (172) and Roxie (Web- 
ster) Bli.sh, was b. 21 Mar. 1797. He m 

Nancy Cornelia, dtr. of Asahel and Phebe (Osborne) Merriam. 
She was b. 17 Nov. 1805, at Harpersfield, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 
6Qi.-t-CAR0LINE DELI.\.' b. 3 Sept. 1824, at Stamford. N.Y. 
6q2.4-EV.-\LLML CET,I.-\,' b. 5 June 1826. 
6g,3.-|-LOR.-\NA ANN.' b. 7 Apr. 1S28. 
6g4.-hMORlLLA LOUISE,' b. is Aug. 1831. 
695.-I-JOSHUA WEBSTER,' b. 4 Jany. 1834. 
696. HARRIET.' b. 14 May 1836. d. 20 Oct. 1850. 
697.-I-EMILY FLORELLA,' b. 23 Oct. 1840. 

.-\ristarchus Blish was b. in Connecticut and came west with 
his father, v.-hen about one year old. He lived on a farm near 
Stamford, N. Y. Was a farmer all of his life. He d. 13 Nov. 
1872, and his wife, Nancy, d. 3 Feby. 1879. Both are buried at 
Stamford. 



. . BLISH GENEALOGY. 153 

384. RODERIC SKINNER' BLISH. 

(Aaron,'^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,'' Abraham.') 

RODERIC SKINNER,'= s. of Aaron=' (172) and Roxie 
(Webster) Blish, was b. 21 July 1800. He m. 16 Sept. 1825, at 
Delhi, N. Y., Florella, dtr. of March Farrington. She \va3 b^ 

4 Sept. 1804. 

CHILDREN. 
698. + MORRIS FARRINGTON,' b. 16 Nov. 1827- 
6s». HENRY MOORE,' b. 9 June 1830. 
700.+ANNA AUGUSTA,' b. 10 Sept. 1833. 

701. 'LEWIS 1.' b. 18 Apr. 1837. d. 18 Apr. 1864, at Wilmington, III. 
of consumption. Was never married. • ■ - 

Roderic Blish at first followed farming, at Rose's Brook, N: 
Y. He afterwards was a carriage maker and blacksmith at Pratt- 
ville, N. Y. He also lived at Wilmington, Ills. His wife. Florel- 
la, d. 12 June 1870, at Chicago, and is buried at Wilmington, III. 
He d. 8 Jany. 1873, at Fort Wayne, Ind., and is buried at Wil- 
mington, 111. 



388. ALMIRA S." (BLISH) FRENCH. 

(Aaron,^ David,* Tristram," Joseph," Abraham.') 

ALMIRA S.« dtr. of Aaron^ (172) and Roxie (Webster) 
Blish. was b. 15 July 181 1, at Sidney, (res. Otsego,) N. Y. She 
m. 15 Oct. 1834, William Harrison French. He was b. 10 Mar. 
1811. 

CHILDREN. 

I. EMILY A.' FRENCH, b. 30 Nov. 183S. d- 29 Dec 1839- 

II. JAMES B.' FRENCH, b. 7 July 1838. d. 17 Mar. 1842. 

in. LUCINA K.' FRENCH, b. 30 Mar. 1842. m. Francis A Harring- 
ton, and d. 14 Oct. 1871. 
IV. LUCINDA B.' FRENCH, b. 30 Mar. 1842. Twin of Lucina. 

William Harrison French was a blacksmith by trade, and 
was a descendant of John Fillow, a Huguenot refugee, who came 
to America about 1700, and settled at Norwalk, Conn. 

Reference — Fillozv Gen. 



154 SIXTH GENERATION. ) 

403. Capt. AUGUSTUS^ BLISH. 
^ (Roger," David,* Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

Capt. AUGUSTUS," s. of Roger"^ (173) and Demis (Hos- 
ford) Blish was b. 20 Aug. 1801, at Marlboro,' Conn. He m. 

• 1828, Delight, dtr. of William Buell, Jr. She was 

b. abt. 18 Oct. 1803, at Marlboro.' Her mother d. 18 Oct. 1803. 

No issue was b. of this marriage, but they adopted a child. 



70S.+THERON buell; b. 



Augustus Blish, in his will, dated August, 1865, gives to 
wife, Delight, all of his household furniture, excepting one feather 
bed and underbed and suitable bed clothes for the same, also "all 
of my personal estate excepting what I hereafter give to my neph- 
ew Theron Buell ; also the use and improvement of one-half of 
my real estate, during her natural life." 

Gives to Theron Buell one-half of farming utensils, neat 
stock, horse and wagon ; one-half of the provisions on the prem- 
ises; one-half of the hay and grain in the barns; also one-half of 
the real estate during the life of wife. Delight ; after the death of 
wife, gives, all the real estate to Theron Buell. or the heirs of his 
body. Wife, Delight, and Theron Buell, executors. 

The will was proven, Dec. 1866. Real estate was inventoried 
at 13,000, and personal estate at 11,831.91. 

Augustus Blish d. 12 Feby. 186G ,at Marlboro,' Conn. His 

wife, Delight, d 1881, leaving a will, dated in Aug. 

1865, and evidently made at the same time as her husband's. By 
this will she gives her husband the use of all her real estate during 
life, with remainder to Theron Buell, and makes him executor. 
The will was proven i Mar. 1881. The inventory gives I5370.33 
which was mostly money in several banks, showing thrift and ex- 
cellent management. She was a lifelong member of the Marlbo- 
ro' church. 

References. — Marlboro,' Conn. Prob. Rec. Marlboro' Ch. 
Rec. 



; BUSH GENEALOGY. 155 

404. AARON HOSFORD" BLISH. 

(Roger,' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

AARON HOSFORD," s. of Roger^ (173) and Demis- 
(Hosford) Blish, was b. 3 Nov. 1803, at Marlboro,' Conn. He 
m. 5 Mar. 1839, at Salem, Conn., Eunice Peckham. dtr. of Au- 
gustus and Ruth (Barker) Clark. She was b. abt. 1817, at West- 
erly, R. I. 

CHILDREN. 
709.+DEMIS JANE,' b. 31 May 1841. 
710. CHARLOTTE AMELIA,' b. 11 Mar. 1843. 
711.+ELLA ANNETTE,' b .17 July 1845. 
712.+HARRIET PRUDENCE,' b. 15 Dec. 1847. 
713.+ROGER DUDLEY,' b. 22 June 1849. 
714. EUNICE ADELAIDE,' b. 17 July 1852. d. 22 .A.ug. 1853. 

Eunice, w. of Aaron Hosford Blish, d. according to the tomb- 
stone in the Marlboro' cemetery, 3 Sept. 1861, though the Town 
record says 3 Sept. 1862, 

Aaron Hosford Blish d. according to his tombstone, 3 Feby. 
1S71. The family record says, 9 Feby. 1871. He d. at Man- 
chester. Conn. 



405. CHAUNCEY» BLISH. 
(Roger,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,' Abraham.^) 

CHAUNCEY," s. of Roger'^ (173) and Demis (Hosford) 
Blish, was b. 4 Dec. 1807, at Marlboro,' Conn. He m. 2 Mar. 
1835, Esther Maria, dtr. of Lathrop and Mehitable (Reed) Slate. 
She was b Oct. 1814, at Old Lyme, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
Infant dtr. d. at birth, in 1836. 

715. ZERUIAH ANN,' b. 30 Oct. 1838. m. Joseph Carrier. 
Twin sons, b. 1840. Lived one day. Not named. 

716. MARY TALCOTT,' b. 31 Oct. 1842. d. 15 Apr. i86i, of con- 
sumption. 

717.+ALICE MARIA,' b. IS July 1844. 

718. + HELEN ELIZA,' b. 30 Jany. 1849. 

719.+ESTHER JANE,' b. 15 May 1851. • ' 



156 SIXTH GENERATION. 

Chauncey Blish received his education in Marlboro' Village, 
and went to work as superintendent in a cotton mill at East Had- 
dani, where he met his future wife. He next went to South 
Glastonbury, and followed the same occupation for many years, 
until his health failed him. He then bought a farm at Marlboro' 
Center, on which he lived until about three years before his death, 
when he went and lived with his eldest daughter, Zeruiah Carrier. 
He was a tall man. with brown hair and blue eyes, and of pleasing 
address. Both he and his wife were members of the Marlboro' 
church. His wife, Esther, d. 22 Feby. 1867, and he d. 16 Oct. 
1874. Both are buried at Marlboro.' 

References — Marlboro' Prob., Tn. & Ch. Recs. 






406. MARY L.« (BLISH) LORD. 
\'Roger,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,* Abraham.*), 



MARY L.° dtr. of Roger'' (173) and Demis (Hosford) 

Blish, was b. 25 Sept. iSio, at Marlboro,' Conn. She ni 

1832, George Talcott, s. of David M. and Prudence (Talcott) 

Lord. He was b 1803, at Marlboro,' Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

720. LUaUS LORD,' b. 1833. 

> 721. JOHN LORD,' b. lo July 183+ 

722. CELECT.A. J. LORD.' b 1838. 

723. ROGER BLISH LORD,' b. 26 Oct. 1844. 

George Talcott Lord was a farmer in Marlboro.' He d. i 
Mar. 1880, at the age ot yy, and his wife d. 29 July, 1889, aged 
78 and both are buried in Marlboro' cemetery. 

References — Marlboro,' Conn. Tn. and Ch. Rccs. 



407. HARRIET ELIZA" (BLISH) CARRIER. 
(Roger,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.') 

HARRIET ELIZA," dtr. of Roger^ (173) and Demis (Hos- 
ford) Blish. was b. 9 Aug. 1812, at Marlboro,' Conn. She m. 10 



BLISH GENEALOGY. I57. 

Apr. 1838, William, s. of Joseph and Lois (Day) Carrier. He 
was b. 16 Nov. 181 1, at Marlboro.' 

CHILDREN. 

725. HARRIET LOISA' CARRIER, b. 8 Jany. 1839- m. 9 July 1896. 
Irwin Thomas. 

726. + HELEN EUZA' CARRIER, b. 8 Jany. 1839. Twin of Harriet 

Loisa. 

Harriet Eliza (Blish) Carrier, d. 29 Jany. 1839 from the ef- 
fect of child-birth, and William Carrier m. (2) 17 Aug. 1840, 
Emeline, dtr. of Oliver and Mary (Hill) Phelps. She was b. 11 
Mar. 1813, at Marlboro.' 

CHILDREN of 2nd marriage.. 

727. LOIS D.' CARRIER b. 13 Feby. 1845. 

72a SARAH E.' CARRIER, b. n Oct 1846. m. Myron H. Tarbox, 
Lockport, N. Y. 

729. LUCY C: CARRIER, b. 29 Aug. 1853, m. Edgar J. Thomas, of 
Cuba. N. Y. 

730. FR.-KNK P.' CARRIER, b. 23 May i860, m. 10 Mar. 1892, F. 
Elida Niwton, and d. 3 Jany. 1898, at Cuba, N. Y. 

William Carrier spent his youth at Marlboro.' Conn, and 
(completed his education at Lima, N. Y. He taught school for a 
few years and then went to farming. He first settled in Marl- 
boro,' and then lived a few years in Glastonbury, Conn. He then 
moved to Cuba, N. Y. where he lived for 25 years. He d. 10 
Apr. 1883, at Cuba, N. Y., highly respected. His second wife, 
EjTieline. d. 23 July, 1893. The two oldest children, Harriet and 
Helen are mentioned in the will of their grand-father, Roger Blish 

<i73)- 

Reference — Marlboro,' Conn. Tn. & Ch. Rccs. 



'^^^' DANIEL," BLISH. 
(Roger,'^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

DANIEL,' . of Roger" (173) and Demis (Hosford) Bhsh, 
b. 28 Oct. 181 7, at Marlboro", Conn. He was m. 17 Sept. 1856, 
by Rev. Aaron Snow, to Fanny Maria, dtr. of Elisha and Fanny 
(Arnold) Howe. She was b. 29 July 1827, at Glastonbury, Conn. 



158 SIXTH GENERATION. 

CHILDREN. 
732.+FRANK HOSFORD; b. 9 Aug. 1857. 

733. LIZZIE HOWE; b. 4 Dec. 1862. d. 16 Dec. 1870. 

734. FANNIE ANOLD; b. 10 Jany. 1865. 
73S.+FREDERICK fHOMAS,' b. 31 July 1868. 

Daniel Blish has been a farmer all of his life, and still lives 
on the farm in Marlboro' which his father, Roger, and his grand- 
father, David, occupied in their lifetimes. It is a fine location, the 
dwelling house standing on the side of a hill, commanding a 
beautiful view of the valley below. 

Here he has spent over eighty-six years, universally honored 
and respected; a Christian whom it is a satisfaction to meet and 
whose hearty greeting is like a benediction. The compiler recalls 
his visits to this place, with pleasure, and the cordial reception ac- 
corded to him by the host and his estimable wife. 

References — Marlboro' , Conn. Tn. Rec. and Eastbury, Ccmn. 
Ch. Rec. 

390. EMILY" BLISH SUTHERLAND. 

(Aaron,^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abraham.^) 

EMILY," dtr. of Aaron^ (172) and Roxana (Webster) 

Blish, was b. 2 June 1816. She m. 20 Mar. 1843, Bethuel, s. of 

Smith S. and Jane (Bogardus) Sutherland. He was b. 27 Feby. 

1812. CHILDREN. 

L ADELINE LARAWAY' SUTHERLAND, b. 28 June 1845, at 
Prattsville, N. Y. She m. 7 Nov. 1866, at Jefferson, N. Y. 
George Biggs. 

Issue. I. Lillian Augusta' Biggs, b. 17 Sept. 1870, who' 
m. 20 Mar. 1889. Frank H. Angler. They have two 
children, Helen Francis" Angier, b. 27 June 1893, and 
Roland Sidney" Angier, b. 3 May 1902. 
2. Emily Vera' Biggs, b. 3 Mar. 1877. d. 17 Sept. 1S91. 
11. FLORA ADELIA' SUTHERLAND, b. 9 Nov. 1847, at Pratts- 
ville, N. Y. She m. 12 Feby. 1874, at St. Paul, Minn. 
George Washington Oakes. 

tissue. I. Bethuel Sutherland' Oakes, b. 21 Mar. 1877, 
and m. 11 Feby. 1902, Marian Dean IVilkes. 

2. Edna Louise' Oakes, b. 23 July 1879. 

3. Webster Carter' Oakes, b. 19 Dec. 1888. 

in. HARRIET AUGUSTA' SUTHERLAND, b. 6 May 1854, at 
F.quinunk, Penn. She m. 23 Aug. 1877, at St. Paul, Minn. 
Sydney Russell DeGraw. 
Bethuel Sutherland kept a hotel, with Harrison French, for 
seven years at Prattsville, N. Y. He then moved to Equinunk, 
Penn., where he remained for ten years ; then removed to Jeffer- 
son, N. Y., where he farmed for eleven years, and then went 
back to Delaware county, N. Y. In 1871 he moved to St. Paul, 
Mmn., where he has followed railroad contracting and bridge 
building. Both he and his wife are still living (May, 1904) and 
enjoying fairly good health. He is 92 and his wife nearly 88. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 139 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 



420. JOSEPH' BLISH. 
(Joseph*, Joseph^ Joseph*, Joseph^ Joseph^ Abraham'.) 

JOSEPH', s. of Joseph" (229) and Temperance (Shaw) 
Bhsh, was b. 14 Apr., 1790, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 
16 Oct., 1800, Mehitable, dtr. of Joshua and Mehitable (Blossom) 
Freeman. She was b. 20 Mar., 1789, at Sandwich, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

800.+JOSEPH," b. 5 Jany., 1810. 

801. HENRIETTA," b. 12 Nov., 1811. 

802.+GEORGE,' b. 5 May, 1816. 

"Joseph Blish, Jr., of Barnstable and Miss Mehitable Freeman, 
of Sandwich, entered for publication, Sept. 30, 1800. 

Jabez Howland, Town Clerk." 

"Joseph Blish, 3rd mark for his creatures, a crop off each 
ear and a slot in the right ear. Entered May 28, 1807. 

This Joseph Blish was a farmer and about 181 1 went into 
the tannine^ business. He afterward got into trouble with the 
church, as shown by the following entry : 

"1825. r^lay 5. Bro. Joseph Blish was charged with three crimes 
viz : — profanity, intemperance and a contempt for the 
church. He acknowledged the same and asked forgive- 
ness, which was granted, but he was admonished that 
such offenses should not be repeated." 

Mehitable Freeman, his wife, was a descendent of Ed- 
mond F"reeman, who came to America about 1G37. The com- 
piler saw her at LaSalle, Ills., in 1880, when she was 91 years 
pld, and was then active and about the house, and gave many 
details of family history. She d. at LaSalle, at the home of her 
son Joseph (800). 

References — Baru. Tn. and Ch. Rcc. and Frcanan Gen. 



i6o SEVENTH GENERATION. 

431. DR. CHARLES' BLISH. 

(Joseph", Joseph^ Joseph*, Joseph^ Joseph^, Abraham^) 

CHARLES^ s. of Joseph* (229) and Temperance (Shaw) 
Blish, was b. 12 Apr. 1792, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 8 
Dec. 1822, at Hampton, Penn. Rebecca Ann McGrew. 

CHILDREN. 

803. RETURA SIDNEY," b. 28 Dec, 1823. m. Dr. White. 

804. HANNAH AGNES,' b. 30 Oct. 1825, m. 4 Feby. 1862, Jacob- 

Herman, and lives at Columbus, Ohio. No issue. 

80s. OLIVE OAKS," b Aug. 1827. 

806. CHARLES MARION,' b. 1829. 

' 807. ANN ELIZA." b 

808. ANNAH JESSIE BROWN," b ■ 

809. LEMUEL SHAW," b 

810. ALICE ALDEN," b 

811. EMMA WELD," b 

812. TEMPERANCE PATIENCE McGREW," b 

S13. MARY ELLEN MARSTON," b 

814. FRANCIS HARTMAN," b 

815. S.VRAH ADELAIDE," b. 29 Sept. 1846, d. 19 Oct. 1877. of con- 
sumption. 

Qiarles' Blish had an acadetnic education and studied medi- 
cine with the intention of fitting himself for a ship's surgeon, and 
while on his way to go on board of his vessel, he was thrown fronr 
his carriage and had a leg broken. He returned home and after 
his recovery spent some time in Norfolk, Vir., then returned to 
Pennsylvania, resuming his practice, and finally settled at Hamp- 
ton, Penn., v«here he rernained. He d. 9 May 1861, at Hampton^ 

and his wife d at the same place. Hannah Agnes- 

(804) is the only survivor of the family. 



432. GEORGE' BLISH. 

(Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,' Joseph," Abraham.') 

GEORGE', s. of Joseph" (229) and Temperance (Shaw) 
Blish, was b. 5 June 1794, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 23 
Feby. 1822. by the Rev. Enoch Pratt, to Rebecca P. Fish. She 
was b. 25 Sept. 1800. The Church record gives the marriage a? 
II Apr. 1822, and the first date may have been the publication of 
the bans. 



' BLISH GENEALOGY. i6r 

1 

CHILDREN. 
8i6. EBENEZER,' b. 31 July 1823. d. 7 June 1825. 
S17. EUZA wells; b. 23 Sept 1824- M. and d. leaving one 

grand-child. 
S18.+TEMPERANCE SHAW,' b. 28 July 1826. 
819. HANNAH,' b. 11 Dec. 1827. d. unmarried at Boston, 11 Nov. 

1847. 
S20. SUSAN S.' b 1835. d. 9 Apr. 1847, in Baltimore, 

unmarried. 
821. REBECCA A." b 1850. d. 17 Nov. 1886, at Boston, 

Mass. 

George' Blish after his marriage carried on a farm at West 
Barnstaijle, and the first four children were born there. About 
I1S32, he s^old out the farm and removed to Boston. He was the 
last Blish left on Cape Cod, and the land he sold had been in the 
family for nearly two centuries. In Boston he carried on a trade 
in West Indies goods, from 1832 to 1846. He was employed in 
the Custom House from 1847 to 1857. In 1858 he invented a 
stove polish, but for lack of capital, he failed to make a financial 
success of it. The Morse's afterwards took up the polish, named 
it the "Rising Sun," advertised it extensively and made a great 
fortune from it. George' Blish was in the commission business 
from 1858 until 1868. Mr. Gustavus A. Hinckley, of Barnstable, 
who, when a young man, boarded with the family in Boston, says 
that he was one of the most genial and companionable of men. 
He d. 16 May 1869, at Boston, Mass., and is buried at Barnstable. 
His wife d. 16 Dec. 1886, at Boston, and is buried beside her hus- 
band. 

References — Barn. Tn. Rec. Barn. Ch. Rec. West Barnsta 

ble tombstones, and Boston Citv Directories. 



424. OAKES SHAW BLISH. 

(Joseph", Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph\ Joseph-, Abraham'.) 

OAKE^ SHAW', s.of Joseph" (229) and Temperance 
(Shaw) Blish, was b. 16 Mar. 1798, at West Barnstable, Mass. 
He m 1835 at Philadelphia, Penn., Myra Myers. 

CHILD. 

822. MYRA OAKS,' b m. John IVyrick. of 

LaSalle, Ills. Was living in Des Moines, Iowa, at a recent 
date. 



i62 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

Oakes Shaw' Blish after his marriage, went to St. Louis, Mo. 
and bought a farm. He remained there for several years, and 
then removed to Evansville, Indiana, and engaged in the marble 
business. He last went to La Salle, Illinois, where his nephew 
Joseph (800) resided. At the time of his removal here, he was in 

failing health, and he d. at La Salle, 1852. His wife, 

Myra, d , 1875, at Red Oak, Iowa. 

Reference — Bani. Tn. Rcc. 



428. TIMOTHY' BLISH. 

(Joseph", Joseph^, Joseph*, Joseph^, Joseph-, Abraham^) 

TIMOTHY', s. of Joseph" (229) and Temperance (Shaw) 
Bli'sh, was b. 20 June 1805, at West Barnstable, Mass. He m. 2 
Mar. 1835, at Plymotith, JJass., Lucia Ann Goodwin. She was 
b. 28 Sept. 181 1, at Plymouth. 

CHILDREN. 
S23. .A.RIADNE,'' b. 2 Dec. 1855, at Cambridge, Mass. She received 
a thorough education, and for many years was engaged in teach- 
' ing in Cambridge and Boston. She is now occupying the old 

family homestead, at 39 Dana street, Cambridge. 

824. FREDERICK WILLIAM," b. 29 Dec. 1838. d. 14 Sept. 1839. 
Timothy' Blish was a merchant in Boston from 1829 to the 
time of his death. His brother George was interested with him 
in 1838-9. From 1829 101834. he was in company with a Mr. 
Foster, the names Blish & Foster appearing in the directory dur- 
ing that time. He was a man of scholarly habits and refined tastes 
and highly respected. He d. 5 Apr. 1841, of consumption. His 
wife d. 19 Oct. 1889, at Cambridge. The following notice appear- 
ed in the Boston papers : — 

■'BLISH. In Cambridge, Oct. 19th. Mrs. Lucia Ann Goodwin, widow 
of Timothy Blish, 78 years. Funeral at 39 Dana St. on Tuesday, Oct. 22nd, 
at II o'clock a. m. Friends are requested not to send flowers." 

References — Barn. Th. Rec. and Boston City Directories. 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 163 

431. OWEN^ BLISS (BLISH) JR. 

(Owen', Benjamin'', Joseph*, Joseph^, Joseph-, Abraham'.) 

OWEN Jr. s. of Owen" (234) and Sarah (Crowell) BUsh,. 

was b. 4 Oct. 1797, at Yarmouth, Alass. He m 

1841, at Hartford, Conn., Carohne Hart, dtr. of Nathan and 
Ruxana (Hart) Jagger. She was b. 26 Sept. 1812, at Rocky Hill, 
Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
82S. + MARIA JANE," b. 26 Feby. 1844, at Centreville, Mass. 
S26. + EUNICE LOVELL,' b. 4 Sept. 1846. 

827. LUCY ELMER.' b. 15 Dec. 1848, m. by Rev. N. Fullerton. of 
Barnstable, 31 Dec. 1873, to Simeon Littcney, carpenter, of Bos- 
ton. He was s. of Cornelius and Olivia Litteney, and born in 
Nova Scotia, in 1849. 

828. MARGARET GRIMES,' b. 2i Dec. 1S50. 

Owen Bliss was a tall man, over six feet in heighth. He went 
to sea with his father at the age of fifteen. He was in the U. S. 
Navy for some years, where he lost a thumb, and was obliged to 
retire from the sen.'ice. He was in the coasting trade for some 
years, but retired at the age of fifty, and settled on a farm in Cen- 
treville, where the remainder of his days were spent. He d. 26 
Sept. 1874, at Centreville, Mass., and is buried in Osterville cem- 
etery. His wife d and is buried in the same place. 

References — Bliss Gcii. Yarmouth Tn. Rcc. 



438. ABRAHAM' BLISS (BLISH.) 

(Owen", Benjamin^, Jo.^eph'', Joseph^ Joseph'', Abraham'.) 

ABRAHAM', s. of Owen" (234) and Sarah (Crowell) 
Blish, was b. r8 June 1817, at Barnstable, Mass. He m. 3 Oct, 



■i64 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

1842, at Providece, R. I. Mary Ann, dtr. of Benjamin and Sabra 
Sherman (Tripp) Cornell. She was b. 28 Mar. 1822, at Provi- 
dence, R. I. 

CHILDREN. 
829.-I-EUNICE REBECCA,' b. 17 Apr. 1843, at Providence, R. I. 
830. MARY ADELAIDE.' b. 15 Jany. 1845- d. 27 Feby. 184S. 
S31. SABRA ELNORA," b. 14 Feby. 1847- d- 10 Sept. 1847- 

Abraham' Bliss was a painter and lived at Pawtucket and 
Providence, R. I. His wife d. 25 Dec. 1890, at Providence, and is 
buried in Swanpoint cemetery. He d. 18 Jany. 1892, and is buried 
in the same place. 

Reference — Bliss Gen. 



468. DANIEL' BLISH. 

(John*, Stacy^ John*. Reuben', Joseph% Abraham'.) 

DANIEL', s. of John" (243) and Sarah (Farnsworth) 
Blish, was b. 2 Feby. 1805, at Vassalboro, Maine. He m. 
Mary Petts, of Gravesend, England. 

CHILD. 

850. DANIEL PETTS," b. When last 

heard from he was a claim and pension agent, located at Sioux 
City. Iowa. 

Daniel' Blish in his early manhood, followed the sea for some 
twelve years, and thus got acquainted with his future wife, while 
in England. Soon after his marriage, he settled in Vassalboro, 
and followed the occupation of shoemaker, the remainder of his 
life. He d. 2 May 1882, at East Vassalboro, and is buried in the 

Friend's cemetery. His wife d and is buried in the 

same place. 

Reference — Vassalboro, Me. Tn. Rec. 




DAVID BLISH. 
LUCY BLISH. 

MAKV HOU(".HTON (BRUCE.i BLISH. 
LILLIAN M.\KTH.\ BLISH. FRANK DANIEL BLISH. 



DANIEL BLISH. 



BLISri GENEALOGY. 165 

472. ARTHUR' BLISH. 

(John". Stacy', Joh^^ Reuben^ Joseph^, Abraham*.) 
ARTHUR', s. of John" (243) and Sarah (Farnsworth) 
Blish, was b. 22N0V. 1812, at Vassalboro, Me. He m. 8 Oct. 

, i'loomy D. Bussell, though Samuel Bhsh (474) says her 

name was Mary Ann Buzzell. 

CHILD 
851. WILLIAM HENRY," b 184 . 

Arthur' Blish d. 20 May, 1853, at Vassalboro. 



473. JOHN" BLISH. 

(John", Siacy'\ John*, Reuben\ Joseph'^, Abraham*.) 

JOHN Jr.' s. of John" (J43) and Sarah (Farnsworth)' 
Blish, was b. 24 Oct. T817, at Waldoboro, Me. He m. 

, Mary dtr. of James Stafford. She was b. 12 Oct. 

1823, at Bloomtield, now Skowhegan, Me. 

CHILDREN. 
852.+LUCY,'' b. 12 June 1846. 
8S3.+GEORGE.'' b. 4 Nov. 1847. at Vassalboro, Me. 
854.+.'\RTHUR,' b. 18 Oct. 1853. 

855. ST.\CY,' b. 7 Apr. 1858. d. 24 Jany. 1892. 

Mary, the first wife of John Blish, d. 19 Aug. 1876, and he 
m. 2nd. Rowena B. Qark. at Boston, Mass. 

CHILD of .Second Marriage. 

856. GREGORY EMERSON,' b. 30 May 1877. 

John' Blish received a common school education, and earlv 
learned the mason and bricklayer's trade, of which he made himself 
a master. He then went to sea, but soon abandoned it and re- 
turned to his trade. He later bought a farm in Vassalboro, and 
divided his time betwen the farm and building. He was an ar- 
dent student of history and the Bible, and was well informed on 
all subjects of general history. He never sought political honors, 
and was devoted to his home and family. He d. 2 Apr. 1890, at 
Vassalboro, and is buried in the Friend's cemetery. 



i66 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

474, CAPT. SAMUEL' BLISH. 

(John", Stacy^, John*, Reuben", Joseph'-, Abraham^) 

Capt. SAMUEL', s. of John" (243) and Sarah (Famsworth) 
Blish, was b. 17 Feby. 1820. He m. 2 Aug:. 1846, Mary H., dtr. of 
Sameuel and Eliza Calder. 

CHILD. 
857.+JOHN ARTHUR; b. 3 June 1.S40. 

Samuel Blish was a man of good stature and of commanding 
appearance. He began a seafaring life at the age of seventeen, 
which ht followed the greater part of his life. By his energy and 
ability, he soon became a .•?hip-master, and in his time has been in 
almost every shipping porL in the world. Many of his nephews 
and other relatives served under him, and in their turn became 
masters of vessels. He acquired a competency, and in time gave 
up the sea and bought a farm near New Bruswick, N. J. where 
he spent the remainder of his days. He was a successful farmer, 
and for many years President of the Middlesex County Board of 
Agriculture. He d. 29 Mar. 1896, at his home. His wife sur- 
vived him until July 15th, 1900, when she followed her husband to 
the other world. 



485. B\T^ON SAML^EL' BLISH. 

(James" Stacy^ John^, Reuben\ Joseph^, Abraham'.) 
BYRON SAMUEL', s. or Capt James" (246) and Paulina 

(Baxter) Blish, was b. 16 Apr. 1827. He m , Annie 

Morris. She was b. 11 Jany. 1835. 

CHILDREN. 

858. CAROLINE AGRY; b. 7 Janv. 1S56. 
850. MARY PAULINA," b. 25 Feby 1858. 
860. ANNIE MORRIS.' b, 27 Feby. i860. 

Bryon Samuel Blish d. i Apr. 1867. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 167 

487. HANNAH TRACES' (BLISH) HORTON. 
(James'% Stacy^ John', Reuben^ Joseph^, Abraham^) 

HANNAH FRANCES^ dtr. of Capt. James" (246) and 
Isabella (Jose) Blish, was b. 26 Aug. 1838, at Hallowell, Maine. 
She m. (i) Dr. John W. Robinson. 

CHILD. 
861. FREDERICK SYLVANUS,- ROBINSON, b. 



Dr. John W. Robinson early removed to Kansas, and was the 
first Secretary of State of that State. He was a surgeon in the 
war of the Rebellion, and d. at Little Rock, Arkansas 

His widow ni. (2) James Clark Horton, s. son of James W. 
and Abba (Clark) Horton, 2;^, Apr. 1867, at Lawrence, Kansas. 
He was b. 15 May 1837, at Ballston Spa, N. Y. James Qark Hor- 
ton went to Lawrence, Kas. in 1857, and was register of deeds for 
Douglas comity, for six years. He was a member of the Kansas 
legislature in 1874, and State Senator from Douglas county in 
1875 and 1876. 

Hannah Francis' Blish received her education in Boston, 
Mass. and soon after her marriage to Dr. Robinson, removed to 
Kansas. 



488. HARRIET ANN HOIT (BUSH) COOK. 

(William", Stacy^', John\ Reuben-', Jo.scph-, Abraham\) 

HARRIET ANN HOLT', dtr. of Capt. William" (249) and 
Katharine (Luce) Blish, was b. 22 May 1824 at Vassalboro, 
Maine. She m. 12 Sept. 1848, at Vineyard Haven, Martha's 
Vineyard, Mass., Capt. William, s. of Enoch and Jane Catharine 
(Ryan) Cook. He was b. 3 Mar. 1822, Baltimore, Md. 

CHILDREN, 

862. WILLI.^M HOWL.^ND' COOK, b. 23 June 1849, at Vineyard 

Haven. Mass. 
86,3. + ANSEL GRANVILLE" COOK, b. 18 Apr. 1862, at Glasgow, 

Scotland. 

Capt. William Cook came from an old New England family 
that settled at Wallingford, Conn., and had followed the sea for 



i68 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

generations. He received his educaton at Wilbraham Academy., 
and then took up the callmg of his ancestors, with such success 
that he became a ship-master before he was twenty- two years old. 
He was one of the CaHfornia pioneers, having sailed there in com- 
mand of a ship in 1849. While on this trip he relieved the crew 
and passengers of a shipwrecked vessel, with large-hearted g-ener- 
osity and great personal inconvenience and expense. During the 
war of the Rebellion he had charge of the Consulate at Glasgow, 
Scotland. His patriotism and sagacity enabled him to detect the 
outfitting of a privateer for preying upon American shipping, and 
the proofs which he furnished Mr. Adams at London, which were 
by him presented to the British Minister, prevented the vessel's 
departure. For this service, Capt. Cook received the thanks of our 
government, through Mr. Seward, then Secretary of State. 

He bore prosperity with elation, and misfortune and ship- 
wreck with the courage of true manhood. He was an accurate 
observer and a clear reasoner and had fine conversational powers. 
The great fund of information which he acquired by extensive 
travel over the world, made him a most entertaining and instruc- 
tive companion. His later years were spent in the quaint old 
Village of Vineyard Haven. When in his latter days, deafness 
secluded him from general society, he found solace in his books 
and in Grace Episcopal church, of which he was Junior Warder. 
He was early at church, seeing that all was in order. He had 
come thus on the morning of his death, and while the church bell 
was summoning the congregation, as he stood talking to the 
Rector, Dr. Oliver, he sank to the floor, and his spirit departed. 
In the presence of such a departure, one might well sey — 

"Let me die the death of righteous. 
And let mine end be like his." 

His death occurred 28 Aug. i8g2. 



497. CLIFTON HASWELL' MOORE. 

(Philena", Benjamin^ Benjamin*, Tristram^ Joseph-, Abraham^) 

CLIFTON HASWELL', s. of Isaac and Philena" (282) 
(Blish) Moore, was b. 26 Oct. 1817, at Kirtland, Ohio. He m. 
14 Aug. 1845, Elizabeth Richmond. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 169 

CHILDREN. 

I. ARTHUR'. MOORE, b d. 15 Nov. 1891. 

II. WINn<RED,' MOORE, b Winifred Moore m. 

26 Mar. 1868, Vespasian Warner, who became a law partner of 
her father, and they have one son, CHfton Moore Warner, b. 
She d Vespasian War- 
ner served five years in the Civil War, leaving the service with 
the rank of Lieut. Col. He has served his district eight years 
in Congress and was one of the candidates for Governor the 
present year, (1904). 

III. KLEBER- MOORE, b. d. 10 July 1854. 

IV. WILLI.\M'. MOORE, b d. 25 Mar. 1867. 

Elizabeth Richmond Moore d and Qifton 

H. Moore, m. (2) July, 1873, Rose Onstine. 

Clifton HaswelF Aloore came from revolutionary ancestry. 
His grand-father was John Moore, who left an orphan at the age 
of five years, was apprenticed to an uncle, named Hyde, who 
lived near the line between Maryland and Deleware. Reared in 
such a locality, he became accustomed to border warfare and In- 
dian fighting. He enlisted in the 3rd. regiment of New York 
volunteers commanded by Col. Ganesvort, and was afterward 
transferred to the first Regiment, commanded by Col. Goose Van 
Shaick. He was at Fort Stanwix, when it was besieged by St. 
Leger, with his British regulars and Indians. After the surren- 
der of Burgoyne, his regiment, under Col. Ganesvort, was ordered 
south to join Gen. Washington's army at or near New York City, 
and remained with him during all of those masterly movements 
from New York to Yorktown, that culminated in the surrender 
of Lord Cornwallis and the independence of the United States. 
He was discharged from the army at New Windsor, near West 
Point. He had two sons and four daughters, and the entire fam- 
ly came to Ohio, about 181 1. and settled in Geauga and Cuyahoga 
counties. John Moore lived in Kirtland and Chester, until he died 
in 1845, aged about 95 years, and he is buried in, Chester. Isaac 
Moore, son of John Moore, was a farmer in comfortable circum- 
stances, owning some 200 acres of land in Kirtland. much of 
which he cleared off himself. In the winter of 1829-30, he ex- 
changed this farm with the Mormons, for a farm at Warrensville, 
Ohio. This was the first farm Ijought by the Mormons from an 
tmbeliever. The Mormons were in full force there at that time, 
and most of the theological luminaries and dignitaries of that 



I70 



SEVENTH GENERATION. 



faith were to be seen and heard. Clifton Haswell Moore, as a boy 
of fifteen, remembers Hartwell, Badger, Rigdon, Alexander Camp- 
bell and his father Thomas Campbell, Joseph Smith, the prophet, 
and his father and brothers, P. P. Pratt, Orson Hyde and the 
Evangelists, Bouchard, Finney and Foote. He says that Foote 
could distance Milton and Dante in describing the torments of 
the damned. He delighted in working up his audience to a 
pitch of frenzy, by picturing the flames of hell and the torments of 
everlasting fire and brimstone. Clifton Haswell Moore remained 
at home, working on the farm until he was sixteen years old, 
when his father "gave him his time." He went to school at Bed- 
ford that summer, and continued, alternately teaching and going to 
school, until the spring of 1839, when he decided to leave Ohio 
for the west. About the first of May, 1839, he arrived at Pekin, 
Illinois, with less than five dollars in his pocket, but willing to do 
any kind of work that was respectable. He first taught school 
at Pekin, which then had more wealth than Peoria, though not 
quite as large in population. He afterward procured employment 
in the offices of the circuit and county clerks, and began reading 
law under Bailey & Wilmot, and in July, 1841, he removed to 
Clinton, in Dewitt county, then a small village of only some twelve 
families, and began his career as a lawyer and business man. 
This was in the days of the "circuit riders." Sanuiel H. Treat was 
the judge of the court, and his circuit embraced some thirteen 
counties. A term of court rarely occupied more than three days, 
and court was usually held twice a year. Young Moore thus had 
the opportunity to become personally acquainted with Abraham 
Lincoln, David Davis, and other lawyers eminent in their day, who 
followed the judge around the circuit. Mr. Moore early saw that 
the practice of the law, in a country town, would never bring a 
man independence, and he also foresaw that the black soil of Il- 
linois would some day become very valuable. In 1852 he formed 
a partnership with Judge David Davis, for the purpose of buying 
and trading in lands, selling only enough to keep out of debt. 
This was his master stroke, and it was only a few years, until his 
■law business became a side issue, it requiring all of his time to at- 
tend to his lands and farms. The partnership was dissolved by 
the death of Judge Davis, June 26th, 1886. Mr. Moore became 
very wealthy, and his wildest dreams as to the future value of Il- 
linois lands, were doubled and trebled, in his lifetime. He saw the 
little Village of Clinton grow to a prosperous City. His estate 
was estimated at |2,5oo,ooo,at the time of his death. His pros- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 171 

perity enabled him to indulge in the gratification of his tastes, one 
of which was his passion for fine books. He accumulated and 
left, at the time of his death, one of the finest private libraries in 
the west, which included hundreds of volumes of rare books, 
choice editions, illuminated works and fine bindings. 

Personally he was one of the most genial and companionable 
of men. He was large-hearted, charitable and considerate, an up- 
right and honorable citizen. 

In religion he was a liberal, and though he never united with 
any church he aided them all. He placed pipe organs in three 
churches in Qinton, and his others benefactions were numerous. 
He died April 29th, 1901, honored and mourned by the entire com- 
munity, for which he had done so much. 

References — Bench and Bar of Illinois (1899). 



499. HENRY CLAY' AIOORE. 

(Philena," Benjamin,^ Benjamin,'* Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.') 

HENRY CLAY,' s. of Isaac and Philena" (282) (Blish) 
Moore was b. 23 Oct. 1831, at Warrensville, Cuyahoga Co.. (3hVj. 
He m. 9 Apr. 1858, at Leroy, Bremer Co., Iowa, Elizabeth, dtr. 
of Stephen and Laura (Stephenson) Parkhurst. She was b. 18 
Mar. 1842, at Hartland, Huron Co. Ohio. 

CHILD. 
I. ELLA LAUR.\"' MOORE, b. 29 Sept. i860. She m. 10 SepL 

1884. IVUliam Hontc Nccdham. s, of Lieut. Gov. Needham. 
He d. 13 Nov. 1884, and his widow m. 26 Mar. i88g, at Los 
Angeles, CaHf. John Pigott Spencer, s. of .Asa and Phoebe 

(Pigott) Spencer. 

Henry Clay' Moore went to Bremer County, Iowa, in 1854. 
Later he served three consecutive terms as County Clerk. He 
afterwards engaged in the lumber business and was also interest- 
ed in coal mining in southern Iowa. .A-bout 1887 he retired from 
active business, and has since taken life easy, looking after his 
health and enjoying himself. 



172 SEVENTH GENEIL\TION. ; 

500. GEORGE" BLISH. 

{Bejamin''', Benjamin^ Benjamin'', TristranT\ Joseph", Abraham\) 

GEORGE', s.. of Benjamin* (277)and Artemesia (Perkins) 
Blish, was b. i Feby. 1834 at Painesville, Ohio. He m. 23 May 
1861, at Mentor, Ohio, Edikha, dtr. of James and Mary (Diller) 
Prouty. She was b , Sept. 1836, at Mentor, Ohio. 

Ediltha, wife of George Bhsh d 1882, and he 

m. (2) 1885, Helen D. Pardee, dtr. of James and 

Harriet (Corning) Dickey. 

George" BHsh has been a farmer all his life, and a successful 
short-horn breeder. He now resides in the \'illage of Mentor and 
has been Mayor, and is a man highly respected in the community. 



503. LYDIA" BLISH STEELE. 

(Zcnas", Benjamin^ Benjamin*, Tristram\ Joseph-, Abraham'.) 

LYDIA", dtr. of Zenas" (281) and Vashti (Ingersoll) Blish, 
'was b. 26 Sept. 1822, at Mentor, Ohio. She m. 25 May 1843, 
Horace, s. of Horace and Mehitable (Clark) Steele. He was b. 14 
^lay 1820, at Montpelier, Vermont. 

CHILDREN. 

865. HORACE BLISH' STEELE, b. 27 Oct. 1844- 

866. HELEN LYDIA' STEELE, b. 20 June 1847. 

867. EMMA LUCIND.V STEELE, b. 13 Jany. 1851. 

868. GEORGE CLARK' STEELE, b. 3 Feby. 1853. 

Horace Steele's early training was received in his father's 
newspaper office in Buffalo, N. Y. He located at Painesville, 
Ohio, in 1836, and remaind there the rest of. his life. He was en- 
gaged in banking and railroading, and was always an active man. 
.He was an ardent friend of James A. Garfield, and stumped the 
district during Garfield's presidential campaign. He was Mayor 
of Painesville, for three successive terms. He was a descendant 
of George Steele, b. in Essex county, England, and who came to 
America in 1631, and settled in Cambridge, Mass., but about 
1639 removed to Hartford, Conn, where he d. in 1663, "a very old 
man." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 173 

Lydia' Blish was educated at the Kirtland (Ohio) Seminary, 
and after graduation taught school at Mentor for two years. 
She was a woman of rare mental qualities. 

George Steeele d. 28 Sept. 1898, at Paincsville. His wife, 
Lydia, d. at the same place, 2 Jany. 1896, and both are buried in 
Evergreen cemetery. 



503. LUCIMDA' BLISH SAWYER. 

(Zenas", Benjamin'', Benjamin', Tristram^, Joseph", Abraham'.) 

LUCIXDA", dtr. of Zenas'' {281) and Vashti (Ingersoll) 
Blish, was b. 23 June 1824, at Mentor, Ohio. She m. i Nov. 1849, 
Almon, s. of Joseph and Rhoda (Pole) Sawyer. He was b. 9 
Mar. 1822, at Mentor. Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 
869. ZEN..\S BLISH" S.AWYER. b. n Nov. 1852, 
8-0. MARY LUCIND.A." S.'WVYER. b. 3 Oct. 1854. d. 8 Sept. 1856. 

871. WILL.\RD ALMON" SAWYER, b. 6 Jiilv, 1857. 

872. EDWARD STEELE" SAWYER, b. 12 July. 1859- 

.'\lmon Sawyer was a prosperous and progressive farmer, and 
occupied many positions of public trust. He was a large man of 
powerful physique and an indefatigable worker. 

Lucinda' Blish was educated at the Kirtland, O., seminary. 
She d. 23 Aug. 1869, and her husband, Almon Sawyer, d. 23 Apr. 
1873. Both are buried at Mentor, Ohio. 



506. ABBIE ANN' (BLLSH) DORRANCE. 
(Elisha," Ezra,'' Sylvanus,'' Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.')" 

ABBIE ANN,' dtr. of Elisha" (286) and Laura (Button) 
Blish, was b. 20 June 1823, at Essex, Conn. She m. 20 Dec. 1876, 
at Willmantic, Conn, Appleton, s. of Gershom and Sarah (Ross- 
iter) Dorrancc. 

They had no children. .Appleton Dorrance was a farmer and 
market gardner. His wife .Abbie was an intelligent and fine ap- 
pearing woman. Four years before her death, she hatl the mis- 



174 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

fortune to break a leg, and was lame ever after. Appleton Dor- 
rance d. i8 June 1887, at Andover, Conn, and his wife, Abbie, 
d. 10 Apr. 1889. He is buried in Andover and she is buried in 
the family lot in Willimantic. 



507. HANNAH MARIA' (BLISH) YOUNG. 

(Elisha," Ezra,'^ Sylvanus,'* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

HANNAH MARIA," dtr. of Elisha" (286) and Laura (But- 
ton) Blish, was b. 8 July 1825, at Essex, Conn. She m 

June 1847, ^t Willimantic, Conn. Chipman, s. of Anson and 
Eunice (Selden) Young. He was b 

CHILDREN. 

873. MARY ELIZA' YOUNG, b. 5 Feby. 1848, at Windham, Conn. 

d. 19 May 1876. 

874. RODERIC YOUNG, b. 3 Mar. 1849. 

875. ABBIE LAURA' YOUNG, b. 7- Aug. 1852. d. 7 Apr- iSs6- 

876. WILLIAM CHIPMAN" YOUNG, b. 7 May 1857. 

877. FREDERIC YOUNG, b. 9 Sept. 1861. 

Chipman Young was a prosperous farmer of Willimantia. 
He d. 9 Apr. 1890, from the effect of a cancer in the face, from 
which he was a great sufferer. His wife survivied him, and 
lived on the home place, where she d. 20 Aug. 1903, of appoplexy. 
She was a large, fleshy woman. 



510. ASA HILLS' BLISH. 
(Elisha,' Ezra,^ Sylvanus,* Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.') 

AS.A. HILLS,' s. of Elisha" (286) and Laura (Button) 
Blish, was b. 20 Oct. 1833, at Hebron, Conn. He m. 25 Nov. 
1865, at Stafford Springs, Conn. Nellie, dtr. of William and 
Louise (Steele) Gaines. She was b. 16 Dec. 1839, at West Hart- 
ford, Conn. 

Asa Hills' Bltsh was crippled from childhood. He was a 
harness maker by trade. He d. 18 Jany. 1892, at Willimantic, 
Conn. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 175 

512. WILLIAM LORIN' BLISH. 

(Elisha," Ezra,'' Sylvanus,* Tristram/ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

WILLIAM LORIN." s. of Elisha'' (286) and Laura (Button) 
Blish, was b. 20 Nov. 1838, at Middle Haddam, Conn. He m. 
2 Oct. 1864, at Willimantic, Conn. Jane, dtr. of John an'd Nancy 
(Douglas) Smith. She was b. 3 Dec. 1845, at new London, 
Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

878. WILLIAM ARTHUR,' b. 5 Mar. 1876, at Willimantic, Conn. 

He enlisted as a naval Cadet, and served five years on the U. S. 
Steamship Philadelphia, during which time he visited many 
places, in the long cruises made by that vessel. 

879. ERNEST LUVERNE," b. 5 May 1878. 

William Lorin Blish is a deaf mute, but a remarkably bright 
and intelligent man. He has been employed as a carpenter and 
wood turner for the Willimantic Thread Company, for over 
thirty-five years. He was educated at the Deaf and Dumb Insti- 
tute at Hartford, Conn. 



513. HENRY FRANCIS' BLISH. 

(Robert Stiles," Ezra,'^ Sylvanus,^ Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.') 

HENRY FRANCIS,' s. of Robert Stiles' (291) and Dolly 
(McCall) Blish, was b. i Mar. 1824, at Marlboro, Conn. He m. 

at Willimantic. Conn. Sarah, dtr. of Charles 

and Betsey (Tisdale) Freeman. She was b. 30 Dec. 1825, at 
Hebron, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

880. SARAH JANE.- b. 18 Dec. 1843. 

881. + DWIGHT FR.\NK.- b. .29 Dec. 1847. 

When about eighteen years old. Henry Francis' Blish left 
his father's farm and went to Willimantic, and started in busi- 
ness. He was a selfmade man. He was known as "Frank H. 
Blish," though his name in the old family record, written by 
Robert Stiles" Blish, his father, gives it as "Henry Francis 
Blish." Doubtless, being called "Frank," he transposed the initial 



176 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

"H" for convenience. About 1862, he, with A. E. Brooks, later of 
Hartford, assumed the management of the European House, in 
Willimantic. In 1867, he bought an interest in the grocery and 
market business, with Orange S. Perkins, and this partnership 
continued until Mr. Blish's death, some twenty-five years, it be- 
ing the oldest grocery house then in business in Willimantic. In 
1873, Mr. Blish represented his Town in the State Legislature. 
He was a member of the Veterans Corps of the Putnam Phalan.x. 
and assistant paymaster for several years. He also held many 
local offices. He d. 12 Aug. 1892, and is buried in the Williman- 
tic cemetery. At his funeral, his two brothers, Lester and Albert, 
his son Dwight Frank and his long time partner in business, O. 
S. Perkins, acted as bearers. His wife, Sarah, d. 20 July, 1894, 
and is buried beside her husband. 



514. LEWIS' BLISH. 

(Robert Stiles,' Ezra,'' Sylvanus,* Tristram,^ Joseph.' Abraham.') 

LEWIS,' s. of Robert Stiles* (291) and Dolly (McCall) 
Blish, was b. 22 Oct. 1827, at So. Coventry, Conn. He m. 
, 1852, at Coventry, Julia, dtr. of Benjamin and 

Fannie ( Keytch ) \A'allen. She was b. at Killingly, Conn. 

CHILD. 

882. MARTH.\R."b ,1853. She m 

1884. David Day. and he d. 26 May, 1890. No issue. She d. 24 
Jany. 1903. 

Lewis' Blish was a cotton mill operative, and later became a 
superintendent. He was a genial man, devoted to his home and 
family. He d. 6 Feby, 1886, and is buried in Willimantic. 



515. JOHN LESTER' BLISH. 

(Robert Stiles," Ezra,'' Sylvanus,'' Tristram, ■■ Joseph,- .Abraham. \) 

JOHN LESTER,' s. of Robert Stiles" (291) and Dolly 
(McCall) Blish, was b. 22 Oct. 1827, and was a twin of Lewis 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 177 

(514). He m. 28 Mar. 1861, at Willimantic, Conn. Maria J. 
Mayo. She was b. 25 Nov. 1842, at Grafton, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

883. + HARRIET ESTELLA,' b. 2 Apr. 1865, at Stafford Springs, 

Conn. 

884. ANNA JOSEPHINE,' b. 10 May 1868. at Willimatic. Conn. d. 

21 Sept. 1873. 

John Lester' BHsh was of a mechanical turn, and for many 
years was employed in the cotton mills. Later he was made 
superintendent of the pumping station of the Willimantic water 
works, which position he held almost to the time of his death. 
Like his twin brother he was very genial and fond of society. His 
wife was a very intelligent and refined woman, and their home 
was always a pleasant place to be. He d. 17 Dec. 1892, and his 
remains lie in the Willimantic cemetery. 



517. ALBERT STILES^ BLISH. 

(Robert Stiles,' Ezra,'' Sylvanus,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

ALBERT STILES,' s. of Robert Stiles" (291) and Dolly 
(McCall) Blish, was b. 28 Jany. 1836, at Mansfield, Conn. He 
m. 14 Sept. 1859, at Colchester, Conn. Elizabeth, dtr. of Rufus 
and Phebe (Ayres) Riley. She was b , 1838. 

CHILDREN. 

&S5. EDWARD A.' b. 2g Jnlv i860, at Colchester, Conn. 
886. MARLA. E.' b. 19 May 1S62, at Willimatic, Conn. 

Some misunderstanding caused trouble and Albert S. Blish 

and his wife were separated and divorced. He m. (2) 30 Apr. 

1883, fane A., dtr. of Oliver Wells. 

Albert Stiles' Blish at the age of sixteen began working in 
the cotton mills, and for several years before the civil war was an 
overseer for the Jillson Mfg. Co. of Willimantic. At the call for 
troops, at the breaking out of the civil war, he enlisted at Willi- 
mantic, but the company was not accepted, the quota having been 
filled. Later, in July 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. iSth Infty, and 
was made Sergeant. He sen-ed through the war, and was dis- 
charged 27 June 1865, and mustered out in July following. On 
his return he secured a position as overseer in a cotton mill at 
Stafford, Conn., where he remained for several \-ears. In 1882 



178 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

he purchased a place in Hebron, Conn., where he has since hve'd, 
farming in a small way. In Hebron has served as Town Qerk, 
grand juror, etc. In 1890 he was elected Representative to the 
General Assembly, for two years. Later he was Clerk of the Pro- 
liate Court. 



529. ABRAM FULLER' WILLIAMS. 

(Alice," Abraham,'^ Sylvanus,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ABRAM FULLER,' s. of Daniel and Alice" (303) (Blish) 
Williams,^^was b. 25 Feby. 1837, at Mayfield, Ohio. He m. 25 
Feby. 1874, Jane Ellen Whiting. She was b. 9 Sept. 1843. at 
Mayfield, Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 
I. RALPH EARLE' WILLIAMS, b. 23 Aug. 1875. 
II. ANNA CORNELIA" WILLIAMS, b. 17 May 1877- • 



575. MARY ELIZA' (BLUSH) COMPTON. 

(Oliver," Joseph,' Joseph,* Tristram,* Joseph,* Abraham.') 

MARY ELIZA,' dtr. of Oliver" (326) and Clarissa (Doak) 
Blush, was b. 20 Aug. 1831, at Burlington, Vermont. .She m. 
10 Oct. 1851, David L. Compton. 

CHILDREN. 

889. EDW.\RD C. COMPTON," b 

890. LOUIS D. COMPTON.' b. 



David L. Compton was an engineer on a lake steamer, and 
d. at his post, at Sault St. Marie, 2 July 1872. His body was 
brought to Cleveland, Ohio, and buried in Brooklyn cemetery. 
Mary Eliza' Compton d. 29 Aug. 1872, and lies beside her hus 
band. 



. ' BLISH GENEALOGY. 179 

576. EDWARD TAYLOR CHAUNCEY' BLUSH. 

(Oliver,' Joseph,' Joseph,* Tristram,' Joseph,' Abraham.') 

EDWARD TAYLOR CHAUNCEY,' s. of Oliver" (326) 
and Qarissa (Doak) Blush, was b. 22 Sept. 1833, at Burlington, 
Vermont. He m. 28 July 1861, at Columbus, Ohio, Mary dtr. of 
Major and Harriet (David) Lloyd. She was b. in New Orleans, 
La. 

CHILDREN. 

891. EDWARD C b. 31 May 1862, at Bellfont, Penn. 

892. NINA A.' b. 6 Mar. 1865, at Seymour. Ind. 

893. CLAUDIA B." b , 1866. 

Mary L. Blish, d. 10 June 1868, at Seymour Ind., and 
Edward T. C. Blish m. (2) 7 June 1869, at Bay City, Mich. 
Mary, dtr. of James Miller. 

CHILDREN, of Second Marriage. 

894. FLORA ELLA." b. 25 Feby. 1870. d. 2 July 1872. ; 

895. GEORGE JAMES,' b. n Nov. 1872. 

896. ANGUS THEOPHILUS,' b. 12 Aug. 1874. 

897. CLARA MARY,' b. 12 Oct. 1878. d. 10 Aug. 1883. 

Edward T. C Blush learned the machinist's trade and work- 
ed several years in the C. C. C. shops in Cleveland, Ohio. Then 
went onto the road and fired an engine for a time, and then had 
an engine for a year. His health failing, he went south to New 
Orleans, Houston, Texas and old Mexico, and retummg took 
charge of a steam shovel for the Memphis & Qiarleston railroad, 
where he worked for two years. He was in the south when the 
civil war broke out, and had quite an exciting experience in get- 
ting back. He enlisted in the 6th U. S. Cavalry. Was wounded 
at Gettysburg and laid six months in the hospital. Served three 
years and a half in the army of the Potomac. After the war was 
over he returned to his trade, doing railroad work and steam- 
dredging, at various places. He was for some time in the U S. 
secret service. He was a good soldier and faithful in any position. 
He had many ups and downs in fortune, having been alternately 
poor and well off several times. 



i8o SEVENTH GENERATION. 

578. ROSAMOND ELIZABETH' .'BLUSH) MADISON. 

(Oliver," Joseph,'^ Joseph,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ROSAMOND ELIZABETH.' dtr. of Oliver* (326) and 
Clarissa (Doak) Blush, was b. 25 July 1840, at Bloomfiekl, Mich. 
She m. 26 Oct. 1863, at Brooklyn, Ohio, Newton, s. of James 
Doolittle. 

CHILDREN. 
897- NELLIE ROSAMOND" DOOLITTLE, b. 5 Oct. 1864. at To- 
ledo, Ohio. 
898. BIRDIE" DOOLITTLE. b. 2 Nov. 1868. at Brooklyn, Ohio. 

Newton Doolittle d. 16 Sept. 1870, at Cincinnati, Ohio, and 
was buried at Brooklyn. His widow m. June 10 1872, at Cleve- 
land, Ohio, Joseph, s. of Thomas Madison. 

CHILDREN of 2nd. Marriage. 
899- OLIVER FRANCIS' MADISON, b. 2 Jany. 1875, at Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 
900. CL.\R.A. ALLEN' M.^DISON, b. 4 Oct. 1879, at Brooklyn, 
Ohio. 

Rosamond Elizabeth" Blush graduated at Brooklyn Academy, 
and for a year afterwards taught a writing school, being very ex- 
pert in that art. 



579. LEVERET CORNELIUS' BLUSH. 

(Oliver,'' Jo.seph,'' joscjih,' Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

LEVERET CORNELIUS,' s. of Oliver" (326) and Clar- 
issa (Doak) Blush, wasb. 19 P'eby. 1843, at Cleveland, Ohio. He 
m. 6 May 1872, at Cleveland, Henrietta Kirby. 

CHILDREN. 

901. .A.NGUS,' b. 16 Dec. 1872, at Cleveland, d. 2 Jany. 1875. 

902. MAUD F.» b. 6 Mar. 1876. 

903. FLORENCE A.' b. 16 Feby 1883, at Pullman, Ills. 

904. NETTIE M." b. 3 May 1885. at Cleveland, O. 

Leveret Cornelius' lUush at the first call for men n 1861, 
enlisted in the Cleveland Light .Artillery. When his first three 
months were out he re-enlisted for three years. He was in Genl. 
Shermar/s corps, and was taken prisoner at \'icksburg, Miss. He 



BLISH GENEALOGY. i8i 

was confined in Libby prison for nine months, but finally escaped, 
floating down the river on a log, and reaching Gen. Grant's 
command. From there he returned to his command at Chattanoo- 
ga, Tenn. and went with Sherman to the sea. He came out of 
the war without the loss of a limb but his hair all came out while 
he was in Libby prison. After coming out of the army he took up 
railroading, first as a fireman, and in 1870 got an engine, and Has 
kept in the same business ever since. Is on the northern division 
of the Cotton Belt Railroad. He is a fine musician, and all of his 
children are musical, Maud being especially fine. 



581. JEROME PITKIN^ BLUSH. 

(Oliver." Amasa,'' Joseph,* Tristram," Joseph.- Abraham.') 

JEROME PITKIN,' s. of Oliver'^ (330) and Harriet 
(Smith) Blush, was b. 19 June 1825, at Middlefield, Mass. He 
m , Angeline Lathrop. 

CHILDREN. 
920. JULIA ANN," b. 6 Sept. 1S51, at Middlefield. Mass. She m. 
19 Sept. 1871. Orville IV. s. of William S. and Susan F. Cross. 
92i.-fCHARLES JEROME," b. 3 Atig. 1854. 

Jerome Pitkin' Blush was a farmer at Middlefield. He d. 

His wife, .'\ngeline, d. 14 Jany. 1898, at 

Springfield, Mass. 

References — Middlefield. Mass. Tn. and Ch. Recs. 



592. WILLIAM CLARK' BLUSH. 

(William Durant," Amasa,'' Joseph,* Tristrain." Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.') 

WILLIAM CLARK.' s. of William Durant" (331) and 
Eliza Ann (Sennett) Blush, was b. 15 Aug. 1838, at Middlefield, 
Mass. He m. 8 Oct. 1868, at Shefi^eld, \Iass. Catharine Olive, 
dtr. of Jonathan Bowes and Lydia Ann (Kinney) Graham. She 
was b. 10 Sept. 1837, at Sheffield. Mass. 



,i82 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

CHILD. 
922. FRANCIS GRAHAM,' b. 4 Oct. 1869. She is a graduate of the- 
Bridgeport, Conn. High school and also of the Bridgeport 
Training school, since which she has been teaching in the pub- 
lic schools. 

William Clark' Blush attended the public schools at Middle- 
field, and later at Lanesboro', Mass. Worked rn his father's 
factories, and later in Bridgeport as a sawyer. He enlisted in the 
46th. Regt. Mass. \'ols. in Sept. 1862, and returned in July 1863. 
Is a member of the "Elias Howe" Post, G. A. R. in Bridgeport, 
and Arcanum Lodge, I. O. O. F. Came to Bridgeport in 1879. 
Though not an office seeker, he takes an active interest in politics. 

References — Middlefield, Mass. Tn. Rec. 



599. EDWARD DURANT' BLUSH. 

(William Durant," Amasa," Joseph," Tristram,' Joseph,* Abra- 
ham.^) 

EDWARD DURANT,' s. of William Durant' (331) and 
Mary W. (Prentice) Blush, was b. 8 Dec. i860, at Middlefield, 
Mass. He m. i Oct. 1884, Belle S., dtr. of William H. and Susan 
Harper. 

They separated, and he m. (2), 22 Sept. 1892, Elizabeth 
Troutman Newcomb. 

CHILD. 
923. ETHEL MAY," b. 30 Nov. 1895- 

Reference — Middlefield, Mass. Tn. Rec. 



603. LUCY DELANCE' RICHARDSON. 

• (Anne," David,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

LCUY, dtr. of Delevan and Anne (Blish) (341) Delance, 
was b. II Feby. 1798, at Essex, N. Y. She m. 29 May 1825, 
Stoughton D. Richardson. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 183 

CHILDREN. 

924. HELEN H." RICHARDSON, b. 27 Mar. 1826, at Essex. N. Y. 
She m. 12 Nov. 1855, Edward H. Stickney, of Aux Sable Forks, 
N. Y.. and had — 

I. Annie E." b. 15 July 1857, and m. Aug. 1875, George 
L. Gray, of Ithaca, N. Y. 
II. Lucy Helen.' b. 22 Dec. 1862, and m. 10 June, 1886, 
Henry E. Gillespie. 

925. MARY JANE' RICHARDSON, b. 2 July 1831. d. 31 July 183T. 

Lucv Delance' Richardson d. 24 Aug. 1864, at Aux Sable 
Forks. N. Y. 

Helen Richardson" Stickney d. 6 Dec. 1895, at Aux Sable 
Torks. 



612. MARY WILCOX' (BLISH) NEWELL. 
(Daniel," David,' David," Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

MARY WILCOX,' dtr. of Daniel" (343) and Beulah (Wil- 
cox) Blish, was b. 14 Sept. 1814, at Jay, N. Y. She m. 27 Oct. 
1813, Daniel Beckwith, s. of Rufus Newell, of Sutton, Vermont. 

CHILDREN. 
5126.-I-MARTHA REBECC.V NEWELL, b. 13 June 1832. 

927. LUTHER BOARDMAN^ NEWELL, b. 15 Apr. 1834. m. 

, 1861, Sarah IVahvorth Purmort. He graduated 

from the Vermont Univer.sity, just before the breaking out of 
the civil war. He began teaching at Westport, and continued 
through the war. He was a thorough and successful instrustor. 
From 1876 to 1882 he was School Commissioner of the 2nd. 
District of Essex County. He conducted Institutes and was a 
lecturer. He also served as Supervisor of Westport. He was 
a man of unswerving integrity and universally respected. He d. 
Janv. 1896, at his home in Westport, N. Y. 

928. + BEULAH BLISH" NEWELL, b. 12 Apr. 1836. 

-929. ISAAC DENISON" NEWELL, b. 10 June 1838. m. 

May 1867, Harriet N. IJutlrick\ He graduated from the A\- 
bany Normal School, and thereafter devoted his life to teachmg. 
He was County Superintendent of Schools in Esse.x county N. 
Y., and unusually successful in his work. In 1867 he went to 
St. Cloud, Minn., and went into business, but soon returned to 
his favorite work at Minneapolis, where he had charge of the 
Jefferson school, for several years. For his work here he was 
promoted to the superintendency of the Washington school, 
and at once set about to prepare for the task before him. His 
zeal and untiring devotion to his work, probably cost him his 
life, as he fell ill and died 8 Sept. 1872, before he assumed con- 
trol of his new field. His death was sincerely mourned by all 
of the friends of the schools in Minneapolis. He was an hon- 
est, earnest, sincere Christian man, whose bfe work was well 
done. 



i84 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

930. ELECTA ALMIRA' NEWELL, b. 7 July 1840, d. 19 Sept 

18+2, at Jay, N. Y. 

931. MARY ROSALIE' NEWELL, b. 30 July 1847. m. li Aug. 

1875, Henry M. Chase. 

932. ARTHUR DANIEL' NEWELL, b. 19 Mar. 1852. m. n Dec. 

1879, Charlotte Van Ortnan. 

Daniel Beckwith Newell was a well-to-do farmer. He d. 16 
Aug. 18G6, at Minneapolis, Minn., while on a visit to his daughter. 
Mary Wilcox Blish was a devoted wife and mother, and thro' a 
lingering illness, afflicted with dropsy, she was patient and cheer- 
ful. She d. 15 Jany. 1865, at Jay, N. Y. 



613. DANIEL' BLISH, Jr. 

(Daniel," David,-' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

DANIEL,' s. of Daniel« (343) and Beulah (Wilcox) Blish, 
was b. 6 Jany. 181 7, at Jay, Essex Co. N. Y. He m. 8 Jany. 
1840, at Jay, Mary Houghton, dtr. of Joseph and Rebecca 
(Houghton) Bruce.* She was b. 5 Oct. 1817, at Jay. 

CHILDREN. 

933.+DAVID." b. 8 Apr. 1841. 

A daughter, unnamed, d. at birth in 1844. 

934. LUCY,' b. 9 Oct. 1846. She d. 26 Sept. 1863, at Appleton. Wis- 
consin, of typhoid fever. She was a student in Lawrence 
University, and her brother David was at that time in business 
there. She was a bright and beautiful girl, and her sudden 
death was a crushing blow to her mother and relatives. Her 
remains were taken to Jay, N. Y., and interred beside those 
of her father. 

93S-+LILLJAN MARTHA,' b. 13 Feby. 1849. 

936.-I-FRANK DANIEL." b. 30 June 1852. 

Daniel' Blish Jr. was a farmer, but also had a saw-mill, a 
forge for manufacturing iron and a store for general merchan- 
dise. He was supervisor for the Town of Jay for many years, 



*Joseph Bruce, son of Benjamin, was a private in Capt. Daniel Blish's 
Co. 3rd. Battalion, N. Y. Militia, in the war of 1812. His name appears 
on a roll which shows his term of service to have begun 9 Sept. 1813 — 
2 mos. II days. (Record Pension Office JVasli. D. C.) 

Benjamin Bruce applied for a pension g Oct. 1819, at which time he 
was 59 years old, and resided at Jay, N. Y. His pension was allowed 
for three years service as a private in the Mass. troops in the Revolu- 
tionary war. He enlisted at Bolton, Mass., and served under Capt. 
Barnes and Col. Bigelow. 

— Bureau of Pensions, Wash. D. C, Mass. Sold. & Sailors in Rev. 




MAKV E. (JONES) BULL. MARGARET E. (JONES) THOMPSON. 

PIERPONT EDWARDS JONES. 
DANIEL BLISH JONES. MARTHA E. JONES. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 185 

and held many Town offices. He also owned large tracts of wild 
or unimproved land. 

He d. 12 Dec. 1856, at the Blish homestead in Jay, the same 
house in which he was bom. 

In Oct. 1856, the upper dam on the Aux Sable river gave 
way, causing a terrible flood, which swept suddenly down the 
valley, carrying devastation and destruction in its course ; several 
lives were lost. Every Town suffered, and Daniel Blish's mills 
and buildings were destroyed. In the excitement and worry in- 
cident to getting matters straightened out, he sickened and died, 
necessitating a sale of his property. The widow secured the 
greater part of the home farm, beside some other property. 

She m. (2), 4 Apr. i860, at Jay, N. Y. Dea. Austin 
Hickok. He was b. 15 Dec. 1804, in New Haven, Vermont. He 
was, at the time of this marriage, a widower, with four sons, all 
of whom, later enlisted in the union army, and one of whom, 
Isaac, died in the service. Deacon Hickok was a very worthy 
man and was many years a Justice of the Peace in Jay, N. Y. 
He removed in Aug. 1872, to Englewood, III. where he died, 
19 Sept. 1879. His widow Mary, after his death resided with 
her son Frank Daniel, in Englewood, where she d. 8 May 1893, 
a loving, patient, self-sacrificing and noble woman. 

Reference — Hayward's Hist, of Gilsum, N. H. 



614. BEULAH BLISH' JONES 

(Daniel,* David," David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.*) 

BEULAH,' dtr. of Daniel" (343) and Beulah (Wilcox) 
Blish, was b. 30 Mar. 1819, at Jay, N. Y. She m. 18 Aug. 1841, 
Pierpont Edward, s. of Nathan Jones. He was b. 27 June 1819, 
at Jay, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

937.-I-MARY EMOGENE' JONES, b. 2 Oct. 1843. at Granville, N. Y. 
938. MARTHA E.' JONES, b. 16 Mar. 1845. 
939.+DANIEL BLISH" JONES, b. 7 Nov. 1846. 
940. + MARGARET ELECTA' JONES, h. 7 July 1848. 
941.+LYDIA MINERVA' JONES, b. 7 July 1850. 
942.-I-ELIJAH BROWN- JONES, b. 22 Mar. 1852. 
943.+NATHAN HENRY' JONES, b. i Dec. 1854. 
944-+BEULAH BLISH' JONES, b. 18 Janv. 1857. 
945.+GILMAN MACK" JONES, b. 6 Oct. 1862. 



i86 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

Pierpont Edward Jones was a self-made man. In his boy- 
hood he earned his own Hving and secured a fine education unaid- 
ed by anyone. He served as janitor at the Plattsburg 
Academy and at the same time pursued his studies. Soon after 
he began teaching, in which he was eminently successful. When 
not teaching he followed farming, but all of the time pursued a 
Systematic course of study. After his marriage he followed 
fanning for some twenty-three years. In 1864 he was appointed 
to canvass that part of the army in and near the Shenandoah val- 
ley, for the votes of soldiers from Essex county. In 1865 he was 
appointed to a position in the Treasury department at Washing- 
ton, which position he held for eleven years. In 1877 he and 
his wife purchased the old Blish Homestead, at Jay, N. Y. He 
resigned his position in the Treasury department, and accepted 
another in the post office, at New York City, where he remained 
three years. He then returned to Jay, to spend the remainder of 
his days on the old farm. He was not idle then, but ever on the 
alert to assist in any undertaking. His chief characteristics were 
perseverance, self-reliance and self-sacrifice. He was a ready and 
iluent debater, and carefully studied all important questions. He 
jWas generous to a fault, and the needy always found in him a 
ready helper. He died 8 Apr. 1892, at Jay, the place of his 
birth, and the concourse that folio.ved his remains to the ceme- 
tery attested their appreciation of a truly worthy and manly 
man. Beulah Blish' Jones Vv'as'a fitting mate far her husband 
,and ably seconded him in his efforts. She d. at the old Blish 
homestead in Jay, in the same house in which she was born, 
Feby. 1887. 



621. DANIEL' BLISH. 

(David," David,' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph.- Abraham.') 

DANIEL,' s. of David'' (346) and Alary or "Polly" 
(Whitney) Blish, was b. 17 June 1812, at Gilsum, N. H. He 
m. 12 Nov. 1840, at Ewardsburg, Mich., Julia Ann, dtr. of 
William B. and Cynthia (Sammons) Gilbert. She was b. 23 
'^'eby. 182 1, at Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y. 

CHILDREN, 
g46.-|-WILLIAM GILBERT,' b. 26 Oct. 1842. 
947. + EMILY,'' b. 27 Aug. 1846. 



{ ' BLISH GENEALOGY. 187 

048.+DAVJD,' b. 14 Sept. 1853. 
949- + FRANK.' b. 18 Sept. 1862. 

When Daniel' Blish was about four years old, his father took 
the family to Essex county, N. Y. ,\bout nine years thereafter 
he again moved to Peru, N. Y. Daniel learned the mill-wrights 
trKJe, and in 1839, came west, and for some years followed his 
trade, at various points. He repaired his brother David's mill 
at Escanaba, Mich., built a mill at Niles, Mich., another at Sum- 
merville, Cass county, Mich. His father-in-law, William B. Gil- 
bert, gave him 80 acres of land in Silver Creek township, near 
his own, where he began the work of clearing off the timber and 
making a farm. After establishing himself here and getting his 
farm in shape, he bought more land, and put himself into com- 
fortable circumstances. In 1854 he built a new house on the 
farm, and lived there until 1874, when he moved to Dowagiac. 
His wife, Julia Ann, died in 1886 and he afterwards made his 
home with his son David, until 1889, and then with his daughter 
Emily, until his death, which occurred Nov. 5th, 1893. He was 
an industrious and economical man, though never niggardly. 
His mechanical skill and love of order was manifested in every- 
thing about his farm. He was very fond of music and a profi- 
cient performer upon the flute. As a young man he used to- 
play the fife on training days, and at celebrations on the Fourth 
of July. He was Supervisor of Silver Creek township for ten 
years, and a Justice of the Peace for 15 years, until he refused 
re-election. 

Julia Ann, his wife, was a very expert seamstress, with fine 
mechanical skill. It is related, that before her marriage, not be- 
ing able to persuade her father to build a stairway to the upper 
rooms, she proceeded to build it herself, and did a creditable 
job. She was a helpful wife and a good mother, of whom her 
children are justly proud. Her father, William B. Gilbert, trac- 
ed his ancestry to Sir Walter Gilbert. His grand-father was a 
sea captain, and was captured by the British during the Revolu- 
tionary war and thrown into prison where he died. His father 
resided in New York City, where William B. was born. 
William B. Gilbert served in the war of 181 2, and was in the bat- 
tle of Kingston. His wife, Cynthia Sammons, was of German 
'descent, and her father was a revolutionary soldier. William B. 
Gilbert came west in 1838, prospecting, and in 1839, brought his 
family to Michigan, consisting of his wife and six children. He 
was a slim man of iron constitution and widely known, and went 



188 SE\'EXTH GENERATION. 

by the name of "Uncle Tommy." He died in 1864, at the age 
of seventy-three. 

His wife was one of those good natured, patient German 
women, who could do the work of a large family, and at the 
same time do a good days work weaving. She died in 1866, at 
the age of seventy-one. 



622, DAVID' BLISH. 

(David,'^ David,^ David,^ Tristram,^ Joseph, = Abraham.') 

DA^' ID' , s. of David" (346) and Mary (Whitney) Blish, 
was b. 50 xMov. 1814, at Surry, N. H. He m. 27 Oct. 1840, at 
(Jreen Bay, Wis., Adaline Sophia, dtr. of Hon. Robert and Han- 
nah (Reese) Irwin. She was b. 2 Aug. 1823, at Green Bay, 
Wis. 

CHILDREN. 
950.+ROBERT IRWIN,' b. 20 Aug. 1841, at Green Bay, Wis. 
■951. WILLIAM DAVID." b. 14 May 1843- d. 6 Sept. 1851, at Chi- 
cago, 111. 
<)52. MARY AUGUSTA,' b. 29 July, 1845. 

953. CHARLES FREDERIC," b. 21 May 1847. d. 9 Oct. i860, at 
Kenosha, Wis. 

All of the children, e.xcepting Robert Irwin, were b. at 
Southport, now Kenosha, Wis. 

David' Blish was for many years engaged in the lumber 
trade at Green Bay and Kenosha, Wis. He is described by those 
who knew him as one of the best of men. Genial, intelligent, 
and devoted to his family and friends, only words of commenda- 
tion and praise are spoken of him. His unselfishness and courage 
are best shown in the tragic manner of his death. On the morn- 
ing of November 21st, 1847, the propeller "Phoenix" was burned 
near Sheboygan, Wis. He was on the steamer and did heroic ser- 
vice in rescuing the helpless. He brought many fainting and 
unconscious women and children from the hold, which was filled 
with smcke and flames. He was warned by the Captain not to 
go down -igain, as the steamer was fast settling, but he insisted 
in making one more trip, and descended into the hold. He never 
returned, and was doubtless overcome by the flames and smoke. 

The vessel shortly went down and he went with her. Mrs 

De Nevue, a lady 83 years of age, now residing on Lake De 
Nevue, near Fond du Lac, Wis., was well acquainted with David 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 189 

Blisli, and is authority for the foregoing statement. She speaks of 
him as "one of the best men I ever knew." 

His ".'idow, Adaline Sophia Blish, m. (2) 20 Sept. 1849, 
Willinm Sumner, s. of William and Naomi (Terry) Strong. He 
was I. 20 Fcby. 1820. 



623. MARY JANE' (BLISH) CARPENTER. 

626. EMILY' (BLISH) CARPENTER. 

(David," David,-' David.^* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

MARY JANE," dtr. of David" (346) and Mary (Whitney) 

Blish, was b. 27 Jany. 1817, at Jay, N. Y. Se m , 

1834 at Lawrenceville, N. Y., Dr. John Fuller, s. of Nathan and 
Rhoda ( ) Carpenter. He was b. 8 Dec. 1808. 

CHILDREN. 
954- JOHN FULLER- CARPENTER Jr. b. 29 Jany. 1836, at Law 
renceville. N. Y. 

955. LUCY ADELl.V CARPENTER, h. n Dec 1838. d 

Febv. 1875, of consumption. 

956. GEORGE MONROE- C.>\RPENTER. b. 10 Oct. 1842. m. 4 

Nov. 1868, Harriet Lee, of Bangor, N. Y. 

957. CAROLINE .AUGUST.'\' C.-XRPENTER, b. 22 June 1845. ni. 
5 May 1870. at Whitehall, N. Y., Dr. IVarrcti Corbin Wood. 

Mary Jane Carpenter d. Aug. 1846, and Dr. Carpenter m. 
as his second wife, 23 May 1847, EMILY' BLISH, a sister of 
his first wife. She was b. 30 Apr. 1823. 

CHILDREN. 

958. HARRIET JANE- CARPENTER, b. 2 Dec 1846. d. 3 Aug. 

1850. 

959. RHODA J.A.NE' CARPENTER, b. 3 May 1851. m. 5 Sept 

l8/7, Robert McEwcn, d. 5 Mar. 1S90. of pneumonia, at Law- 
renceville, N. Y. 

960. + FRANK BLISH" CARPENTER, b. 15 Sept. 1853. Is a practic- 

ing physician in New York Citv. 

961. CHARLES DAVID- CARPENTER, b. 7 Sept. 1856. m. 15 

Nov . 1881, at Big Rapids, Mich.. Nettie Wiltse. 

962. NATHAN ADELBERT' CARPENTER, b. 26 Sept. i860, in. 

15 Nov. 1881, at Sherbrooke, N. Dakota, Abi Bugbce. 

Dr. John Fuller Carpenter spent his youth in Whitehall, N. 
Y., where he studied medicine with Dr. Rutter. He attended 
lectures and graduated from the medical college at Castleton, 
Wrmont. He went to Lawrenceville, N. Y., in 1830, to begin the 



I90 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

practice of his profession, poor in purse, but rich in determination. 
The country was new and without roads or other improvements. 
He was compelled to ride on horseback to make his visits, and 
to find his own way through the forests by marked trees. Thongh 
a frail man physically, his indominable will carried him through, 
and he in time accumulated a considerable fortune. He continued 
his practice until a short time before his death, but was also in- 
leiested in other lines of business. He d. 30 Apr. 1869, of con- 
sumption. His wife Emily' d. at Lewrenceville, N. Y., 2 Dec. 
1898, of pneumonia. The compiler has in his possession a letter 
wriUen by her in June, i8g8, which shows her to have been a re- 
markably intelligent and capable woman. The hand writing is 
like that of a woman of forty, instead of seventy-five years old. 
The letter will be preserved among his "Blish .'\rchives." 



639. ELLEN DOUGLAS' (BLISH) BURNHAM.) 

(John," David,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

ELLEN DOUGLAS,' dtr. of John« (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) Blish, was b. 10 Mar. 1817, at Woodstock, Vermont. 

She m. 10 May 1840, Dr. Milo L. Burnham. He was b ,. 

1812, at Pomfret, Vermont. 

CHILDREN. 

963. EDG.^R WALES'' BURNHAM, b. 

g64. JUSTJCE A.' BURNHAM, b 1847. d. 9 July 

1878, in Chicago, 111. 

Milo L. Burnham spent his boyhood on a farm. Later he 
spent some time in teaching. He graduated at the Medical Col- 
lege at Woodstock, Vt. He practiced medicine for some years 
at Montpelier, Vermont, and then removed to Lawrenceville, 
N. Y. Here he became a member of the Congregational church. 
Removing to Broadhead, Wis., some years later, he and his wife 
assisted in organizing a Congregational church at that place. 
Removing to Waterloo, Iowa, he was for seventeen years a Dea- 
con of the Congl. church there. He was a radical temperance 
man, and though he conducted a drug store, he refused to sell 
liquor for any purpose. The last four years of his life were spent 
in Chicago, Ills. Here he was a member of the Plymouth church- 
He d. 14 Feby. 1893, and was buried at Waterloo, Iowa. 




JOHN HEDDING BUSH 
JOHN LVMAN BLISH, 



LIEUT. JOHN BELL BLISH. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 191 

Ellen Douglas Burnham d. 29 Dec. 1898, at Chicago, Ills. At 
her request, her remains were cremated, the ashes to be buried 
at Waterloo, Iowa. 

She was a woman of decided character, affable, energetic 
and independent. She did her own thinking and was always 
busy. 



640. LUCY HEDDING^ (BLISH) ALDEN. 

(John," David,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

LUCY HEDDING,-' dtr. of John" (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) Blish, was b. 5 May 1819, at Woodstock, Vermont. 
She m. 29 Jany. 1844, Chester Alvin Alden. 

CHILDREN. 

965. JOHN G.\RDNER" ALDEN. b. 5 May 1848, at Woodstock. 

Vt. d. 8 Nov. 1854. 

966. BELLE FRANCIS" ALDEN, b. 8 Jany. 1853. at Woodstock, 

Vt. d. 9 June 1862, at Janesville. Wis. 

967. JOHN BLISH" ALDEN, b. 16 Nov. 1856. at Janesville, Wis. 

Chester Alvin Alden d. 25 Dec. 1870. at Janesville, Wis., 
and his wife, Lucy, d. 12 Dec. 1897, at the same place. 



641. JOHN HEDDING" BLISH. 

(John," David.'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph. = Abraham.') 

JOHN HEDDING,' s. of John" (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) Blish, was b. 25 Apr. 1821, at Woodstock, Vermont. 
He m. 28 Sept. 1854, at Seymour, Indiana, Sarah, dtr. of Meedy 
White and Eliza P. (Ewing) Shields.' 

CHILDREN. 

968.+MEEDY SHIELDS,' b. 14 Dec. 1855, at Seymour Ind 

969.+EMMA MERAB,' b. I June i860. 

970. JOHN BELL," b. 8 Sept. i860. He entered the U. S. Naval 
Academy, at Annapolis. Maryland, 18 Sept. 1875. and has ever 
since been in the naval service. Has served in many capacities, 
making coast surveys and scientific, experiments connected with 
the beterment of the service. Was executive officer on the 
U. S. war ships ''Niagara" and "Vicksburg" during the 



192 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

Spanish-American war, in 1898. Was commissioned Lieutenant 
Commander 5 Oct. 1901. 




971.+LUCY SHIELDS,' b. 9 Oct. 1862. 

972. TIPTON SHIELDS," b. 13 Jany. 1865. Is connected with his 

brother Meedy in the successful milling business, which was 

inaugurated by their father, at Seymour, Ind. 




John Redding' Blish attended school at Middlebury, Ver- 
mont ; in 1849 he started for California, but meeting his friend 
Frank Marsh, who afterwards married his sister Mary (644), at 
Teffersonville, Indiana, he was prevailed upon to take a position 
on the engineering corps of the first railroad in Indiana, the "Old 
Madison" road. He was soon promoted to the position of chief 
engineer, and held it till the road was completed to Indianapolis 
and then to Louisville, Ky. It was about this time that he mar- 
ried, and became associated with his father-in-law, in grain, pack- 
ing and milling business, until 1871, when he accepted a pocition 
as chief engineer of a railroad, which was to run from Evansville 
to Richmond. Ind. This project was abandoned during the finan- 
cial troubles of 1872-3, and he returned to the grain and milling 
business, at which he remained until his death. In 1883, his sons 
Meedy S. and Tipton S., joined their father in the business. 
The plant was burned in the winter of 1885, and in January, 
1886, the Blish Milling Company was organized, the stock being 
divided among the father, mother and five children, the father and 
sons having a controlling interest. A new and greatly enlarged 
and improved plant was erected and completed in July, 1886, 
increasing the capacity of the mills four fold. John Hedding 
Blish was for fifteen years Vice President of the First National 
Bank of Seymour and active in its management. During the last 
few years of his chief aim was to put his family on a sound finan- 
cial basis, and in this he was eminently successful. He died 30 
Julv, 1886, shortly after the new mills were completed. 

' His wife, Sarah Shields Blish, d. 16 Mar. 1896, at Pratt's 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 193 

Sanitarium, in Chicago, where she and her sister, Mrs. Eliza 
Shields Dickinson, had gone for a surgical operation. Mrs. 
Blish was first operated upon, and came out apparently in good 
condition. Mrs. Dickinson went to the operating room and died 
there. Mrs. Blish a few hours afterward became worse, and 
died without knowing of her sister's death. 

The veneration of the children for this father and mother 
speaks more strongly for them than any words others might 
utter. 



643. ELIJAH HEDDING' BLISH. 

(John,' David,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ELIJAH HEDDING,' s. of John« (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) Blish, was b. 8 Mar. 1825, at Woodstock, Vermont. 
He. m. 9 Sept. 1848, Mary A. Smith. 

CHILD. 
973- ALBERT ELIJ.A.H, b. 20 Dec. 1863, at Franklin, N. Y. 

Elijah Blish has been a farmer all of his lifetime. 



644. MARY DUNHAM' (BLISH) MARSH. 

(John,® David,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

MARY DUNHAM,' dtr. of John« (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) Blish, was b. 20 Feby. 1827, at Woodstock, Vermont. 
She m. 21 Aug. 1845, Prof. Benjamin Franklin, s. of Otis and 
Julia (Ransom) Marsh. He was b. 10 Mar. 1816, at Taftsville, 
Vermont. 

CHILDREN. 

974- GEORGE FRANKLIN' MARSH, b. 21 Aug. 1846, at Canaan, 
d. 21 Sept. 1846. 

975- GEORGE FRANKLIN' MARSH, b. 21 Oct. 1847. He m. 7 
Apr. 1875, Lizzie Shipman, b. Ohio, 1855. Issue — George Frank- 
lin' Jr. b. 18 Dec. 1875, at Helena. Montana. Geor^ Franklin 
Marsh, Sr.. was U. S. Surveyor, at Helena. 

976. JOHN M.\SON' MARSH, b. 15 Oct. 1849, at Vienna ,Ind. 
He m. 3 Oct. 1874, Laura Herrick, b. in Missouri. 1858. Was 
clerk in the U. S. Surveyor's oflSce at Helena, Mont. Issue — 
■; I. Maud," b. 17 July, 1877. 2. Linn M.° b. 10 Aug. 1879. 



194 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

977 JULIA EMMA" MARSH, b. 3 Nov. 1853, at Jeffersonville, Ind. 

978 FLORA ATWOOD' MARSH, b. 11 Apr. 1856, at Anderson, 

Ind. She m. 21 Feby. 1875, Joseph Davis, b. 24 Nov. at Coates- 
ville, Penn. He served three months in the Civil war, and in 
1868 removed to Montana and engaged in mining. He has serv- 
ed his district in the legislature, and is a pronounced character, 
and known bv the familiar name of "Rocky Mountam Joe." 
Issue. I. Lou'is Joseph,' b. 9 Jany. 1876; 2. May Belle," b. 3 
-; July, 1878. 

645. EDWIN WALES' BLISH. 

(John," David,= David,' Tristram,-' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

EDWIN WALES,' s. of John" (349) and Merab Ann 
(Wales) BHsh, was b. 25 Dec. 1829, at Woodstock, Vermont. 
lie m. 8 June 1855, Elizabeth, dtr. of John J. Kester. 

CHILDREN. 
I GEORGE EDWIN,' b. 15 June 1854- d. 7 Oct. i860. 
II NANCY MARIAH,' b. 14 Sept. 1856. d. 12 June 1858. 
Ill JOHN KESTER,' b. 20 Sept. 1859. d. 10 Dec. 1885. 
IV' HIRAM ELSWORTH,' b. 12 May 1862. d. 4 Aug. 1887. 



feAjin3iLA4^ 



Edwin Wales' Blish has followed civil engineering most of 
his lifetime. He is still living, a hale and hearty old man. For 
some years he has been a Justice of the Peace. He is a prominent 
Mason, and also a very active and influential member of the 
Methodist church. 



651. TIMOTHY AUSTIN' BLISH. 

(Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,= Abra- 
ham.') 

TIMOTHY AUSTIN,' s. of Aaron Hubard" (371) and 
Joanna (Hale) Blish, was b. 18 Aug. 1810, at Eastbury, Conn. 
He m. 29 Dec. 1 831, Eleanor Maria, dtr. of Chester and Eliza 
(Lovett) Hills. She was b. 10 June 1814, at Eastbury. 



i ' BLISH GENEALOGY. 195 

CHILD. 

979. + TIMOTHY HUBBARD," b. 18 June 1833, at South Manchester, 
Conn. Baptized 15 Sept. 1833. 

Timothy Austin' Blish. after his marriage, moved to South 
Manchester and worked at blacksmithing for a year, then return- 
ed to Eastbury and worked one season on the farm, and in the 
fall went to Hartford and worked in a carriage factory, doing 
wood work, iron work and leather work, as needed. His brother 
Hiram was working in the same shop as carriage trimmer. He 
next went to Colchester, Conn, and worked at harness-making. 
He also worked for Halsey Cheney, who ran a carriage factory 
and livery, at Middletown, Conn. Was in Hartford seven years 
and in Midletown five years. He then returned to Eastbury 
and resumed farming, which he followed ever after. The Ea.st- 
bury church record says that "Timothy Blish and his wife Ele- 
anor were disinissed and recommended to the Second church 
of Hartford, 29 Apr. 1836." Eleanor M. Blish, d. 18 Aug. 1882, 
and Timothy A. Blish d. 21 June 1893. Both are buried in the 
Eastbury cemetery. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn., Tn. Rec. and Eastbury Ch. 
Rcc. 



652. DAVID DWIGHT^ BLISH. 

(Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,'* David,* Tristram,' Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.') 

DAVID DWIGHT,' s. of Aaron Hubbard^ (371) and Joan- 
na (Hale) Bli.sh, was b. 27 Oct. 181 2, at Eastbury, Conn. He 
m. II Feby. 1834, Fanny Cornelia, dtr. of John and Fanny (Kee- 
ney) Goslee. She was b. 2j June 1817, at Eastbury. 

CHILDREN. 
980. + PRUDENCE CORNELIA,' b. 23 Apr. 1839. 
981.+JOHN DWIGHT," b. 16 Apr. 1843. 

• 982. REBECCA ELIZA," b. 1848. ni. 2 Jany, 1867. 

Arthur M. Brainard. They had one child, Bessie, who is a 
; school teacher in Glastonbury. Rebecca Brainard d. 31 May 

1880. 
983.+JOANNA AUGUSTA." b. 20 Oct. 1850. 

"1854, Sept. 26. Prudence Cornelia, John Dwight and Re- 
becca Eliza, children of David D. and Fanny C. Blish, were 
L. baptized." 



196 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

David Dwight^ Blish, who was always known by his mid- 
dle name, was a farmer all of his life. He ran a dairy and 
truck farm, making regular trips to the City of Hartford with 
his produce. In the summer of 1892, his large barn was burned 
in the night, consuming his horses, cows, hay and grain, upon 
which he had no insurance. This barn was one of the oldest in 
the neighborhood, built of massive oak timbers, and was believed 
to be one hundred years old. The loss was a terrible calamity, 
and although one of the most hopeful and courageous of men, 
it seemed to break him down. He d. 29 Apr. 1893, aged 80 years, 
6 mos. and i day. His wife Fanny Cornelia, survived him for 
several years, and d. 13 Aug. 1899, at the house of her daughter 
Joanna. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rcc. and Eastbur\ Ch. 
Rec. 



653. AARON HUBBARD' BLISH, JR. 

(Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,^ David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

AARON HUBBARD,' s. of Aaron Hubbard" (371) and 
Joanna (Hale) Blish, was b. 5 Sept, 1815. He m. 26 May 1841, 
at Manchester, Conn., Clara Bingham. She was b. in 1810. 

CHILDREN. 

98+-I-RUSH HUBB.A.RD." b. 19 Oct. 1842. at Guilford, Conn. 

985. ROS.A.LIA C." b. 16 July 1851. at South Windsor, Conn. She 
was a charming girl, with marked musical talent. She m. 12 
Sept. 1870. at South Manchester, Conn., Henry C. Brooks, of 
Hartford, and d. of pulmonary consumption, in 1878. 

Aaron hubbard' Blish Jr. was a very active man. He kept 
a hotel for some years in Guilford, Conn., and also at Middletown. 
He was a merchant, livery keeper and cigar manufacturer at 
Glastonbury, and later settled at Windsor keeping a dry goods 
and grocery store. He was quite a politician and for a time 
deputy sherifif. His death was quite sudden, caused, the doctors 
said, by lung fever, but the post mortem examination revealed 
the fact that one lung was almost gone. He was quite outspoken 
in his opinions, and Chauncey Goodale made a complaint against 
him, 3 Sept. 1838, to appear before the church. He attended on 



BLISH GENEALOGY. I97. 

Sept. 14th, and requested a postponement, which was granted. 
Sept. 2 1 St, they again convened, and he declared his dissent 
from the articles of faith respecting the attributes and character 
■of God. 

After taking his case into consideration, the church voted 
"to withdraw their care and watch over him." 

He d. 4 Dec. 1852, at Windsor. His wife, Qara, who was 
five years his senior, lived his widow for 35 years, and d. 6 
Oct. 1887, at South jManchester, Conn., and is buried in Wind- 
sor, beside her husband. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rcc. and Eastbury Ch. 
Rec. 



654. HIRAM H.\LE' BLISH. 

(Aaron Hubbard'' Thomas,' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,,- Abra- 
ham.') 

HIRAM HALE,' s. of Aaron Hubbard" (371) and Joanna 
(Hale) Blish, was b. 8 Apr. 1818, at Eastburry, Conn. He m. 
30 Apr. 1839, <it Litchfield, Conn., Marv A., dtr. of Elias and 
Vienna (Tyler) Peck. She was b. 13 Oct. 1823, at Venice, N. 
Y. 

CHILDREN. 
986. CH.^RLES HENRY," b. 8 Feby. 1840, at Litchfield, Conn. A 

13 Dec. 1845. at So. Manchester, Conn. 
987.-|-HIR.\M HUBB.\RD.' b. 7 Jany. 1842. at South Manchester. 

Conn. 
988. FRANCES EMM.A.,' b. 26 Mar. 1850, at Colchester, Conn. d. 

ID Jany. 1851, at Colchester, Conn. 

Hiram Hale' Blish. after leaving school, went to Hartford 
and learned the harness making and carriage trimming trades, 
and worked at it for many years. His health becoming impaired, 
he went west, to Racine, Wis., and ran a hotel for a time, but 
getting no better, he went to California, and remained a year, 
without receiving any material benefit. He then returned to 
Connecticut, and lived about three years afterward. He d. 4 
Dec. 1858, at Naugatuck. Conn., of consumption. He was a very 
genial man, with considerable musical talent, and used to play 
In bands and orchestras. He was running a harness shop and 
feed store at Naugatuck, at the time of his death. 



198 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

655. SARAH JANETT' (BUSH) HODGE. 

X Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,'^ David/ Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.^) 

SARAH JANETT,' dtr. of Aaron Hubbard" (371) and 
Joanna (Hale) Blish, was b. 9 Dec. 1820, at East Glastonbury, 
Conn. She m. 26 May 1841, Elijah, s. of Elizur and Edith 
(Hale) Hodge. He was b. 31 Dec. 1816. The Eastbury church 
record has the following entry: "1841, May 23. Married by. 
Rev. Aaron Snow, Elijah Hodge and Sarah J. Blish," a slight 
.variance from the family record. 

CHILDREN. ■ 
989.+TIMOTHY H.^LE" HODGE, b. 12 July 1842. 
990. + MARTHA ANN' HODGE, b. 9 July 1844. 
991- ELLEN ELIZABETH* HODGE, b. 4 May 1849. 
992. CHARLES HAWLEY' HODGE, b. 29 Aug. 1851 . 
993- ADELINE ELBERTINE' HODGE, b. i Sept. 1853. 
994 SARAH ISABELL' HODGE, b. 24 Aug. 1855. 

995. EMMA ADELA" HODGE, b. 29 July 1858. 

996. JENNIE ELSIE* HODGE, b. 3 May 1864 

Elijah Hodge was a farmer all of his life. He d. 14 Jany. 
1865, of lock jaw, caused by cutting his foot with an axe. He 
lived seven days after the accident. His wife Sarah Janstt, d. 
23 Mar. 1880, and both are buried in the Eastbury cemetery. 



656. ADALINE THERESA' (BLISH) HOUSE. 

(Aaron Hubbard,' Thomas,' David,* Tristram," Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.') 

ADALINE THERESA,' dtr. of Aaron Hubbard' (371) 
and Joanna (Hale) Blish, was b. 29 Aug. 1826, at East Glaston- 
bury., Conn. She m. 18 Oct. 1846, at South Glastonbury, Asaph 
Colman, s. of Hezekiah and Pamelia (Colman) Hale. He was 
b. 18 Mar. 181 5, at Glastonbury, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
997- FREDERIC WALTER' HALE, b. 13 Nov. 1847, at Glaston- 
bury, Conn. He was brought up by an aunt in Lafayette, Indi- 
ana. After leaving school he went into a wholesale hardware 
store, for which he worked and traveled for eight years. Then 
) went into business for himself in Detroit, Mich. Here he mar- 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 199 

ried a daughter of Dr. C. Phelps, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was 
engaged in the nianufacfiire of Brown's Herbal Remedies, in 
Jersey City and had an office in London, England. He induced 
his son-in-law, Frederic Walter Hale, to take charge of the Lon- 
don branch. Six months afterwards Dr. Phelps died, leaving 
the entire charge of the business upon Mr. Hale. The task 
proved too much for him, as his health was impared by an un- 
favorable climate, and he ran down so rapidly that he never got 
home. He d. in London, i6 June l8gi, of quick consumption. 
He left no children. 
998. AARON HEZEKL\H' HALE, b. 30 Sept. 1849, at South Man- 
chester, Conn, .•\fter leaving school, he worked with a roofing 
company about three years, and then for the New England Rail- 
road, as foreman of a construction gang, for several years. The 
last four or five years of his life he worked for the J. B. Wil- 
liams Soap Company, in Glastonbury, Conn. He d. 3 Mar. 1889, 
of congestion of the brain. He was never married. 

Asaph C. Hale was a merchant tailor, in Glastonbury, but 
went to California during the first gold excitement. He sailed 
Oct. 20th, 1852, going by the way of the Isthmus of Panama, 
which was then crossed by mules. He was prospering in Cali- 
fornia, when he was taken with typhoid fever and d. 31 May 

1853. His brother-in-law, Hiram Hale Blish (654) was with 
him at the time of his death. 

Adaline Theresa, widow of Asaph C. Hale, m. (2) 14 June, 

1854, Arnold, s. of Stephen Keeney. 

CHILD. 
999- IDA AUGUSTA" KEENEY, b. 13 May 1855, at East Haddam, 
Conn. She d. Feby. i86g at Bolton, Conn, of brain fever. 

Arnold Keeney worked in a woolen factory in his vounger 
days. At the time of his marriage with the widow Hale, he 
kept a summer hotel in East Haddam. In 1858 the removed to 
Bolton, Conn., and kept a hotel and grocery store. He d. i May 
1872, at Bolton, and is buried in Spring Grove cemetery, Hart- 
ford. His widow m. 8 July 1878, Monroe C. House, and lives 
in South Manchester. Mr. House was employed in the Cheney 
Brothers' silk mills. He d. 6 Nov. 1895. 



658. HON. WAIT^ TALCOTT. 

<Dorothy,« Thomas,'' David,'' Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.*) 

WAIT,' s. of Deacon William and Dorothy* (372)' 
< Blish) Talcott, was b. 17 Oct. 1807, at Hebron, Conn. He m. 



200 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

5 Feby. 1834, Elizabeth Anna, dtr. of Dr. Ariel Norton. She 
was b. 16 Nov. 1813. 

CHILDREN. 

A daughter, b. Oct. 1834, and d. same day. Not named. 

A son, b. 14 Mar. 1836, and d. at birth. Not named. 
lOOi.+ADALINE ELIZABETH' TALCOTT, b. 12 Oct. 1837, at 

Horseheads, N. Y. 
1002.+WILLIAM ARIEL' TALCOTT. b. 28 Sept. 1839, at Rockton. 

Ills. 
1003. HARRIET NORTON' TALCOTT, b. 19 Mar. 1843. d. 26 Nov. 

1851. 
1004.+MARY CARTER' TALCOTT, b. 4 Sept. 1845. 

1005. SHELDON NORTON' TALCOTT, b. 4 Nov. 1849. d. 10 Mar. 
185 1. 

1006. SAMUEL NORTON' TALCOTT, b. 31 Oct. 1852. 

1007. FRANCES ELIZA' TALCOTT, b. 19 July iSsS- 



//^,c4- JayCe^^t^^ 



When Wait" Talcott was three years of age, his father remov- 
ed to Rome, N. Y., which was at that time considered "the 
far west," by Connecticut people. He remained here until he 
was nineteen years old, when he entered a store at Booneville, 
N. Y. After serving a sort of apprenticeship here, he engaged 
in business on his account at Utica, until 1830. He then went 
to the Village of Horeseheads, Oiemung county, where he was 
married. In the fall of 1838 he left New York for Illinois, 
reaching Rockton, on Oct. 12th after a six weeks' trip, made in a 
wagon, with his wife and child. His father, Capt. William Tal- 
cott, had preceded him in 1837. He almost immediately 
united with the Congregational church, and became actively in- 
terested in all vital interests of the new community. He was one 
of the incorporators of Beloit College, and was a member of the 
first Board of Trustees, and for many years thereafter. He 
was also one of the organizers of Rockford Female Seiriinary, 
which has had a successful career. In common with his father 
and brothers, he was a pronounced anti-slavery man. and as early 
as January, 1844, introduced into the church of which he was 
a member a series of strong anti-slavery resolutions, which 
after some discussion, were adopted. In the presidential election 
of that year, he was one of seven in Winnebago county, who 
voted for James G. Birney, the Liberty party candidate. He 
lived to see the principles he then advocated become the settled 
policy of the nation. In the fall of 1854 he was elected State 
Senator, representing the counties of Winnebago, Carroll, Boone 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 201 

and Ogle. He served four years with credit to himself and 
satisfaction to his constituents. 

In the spring of 1854, he, with his brother Sylvester, formed 
a partnership with John H. Manny, the inventor, and began the 
manufacture of the John H. Manny Combined Reaper and Mow- 
er, at Rockford, 111. The company made iioo machines that 
year, and the fall Ralph Emerson and Jesse Blinn were added to 
the partnership. With increased capital the output was largely 
increased in 1855, and continued to grow from year to year. 
Later the business was incorporated as Emerson, Talcott & Com- 
pany, Wait Talcott having shifted the burden of active manage- 
ment of the business, upon the shoulders of his son-in-law,, 
Ralph Emerson and son William Ariel Talcott. Credit must be 
given the promoters and managers of this company for starting 
Rockford upon a career of manufacturing, which has since made 
the city noted. 

The firm were sued by Cyrus H. McCormick, tor an alleged 
infringement of his patents, in the construction of their reapers. 
The case was bitterly contested, and while it cost the defend- 
ants over li!75,ooo to defend their rights, they were successful. 
Among the lawyers who were engaged by them were Abraham 
Lincoln, Edwin M. Stanton and Peter H. Watson, who 
first became acquainted at that time, and who afterward as Presi- 
dent, Secretary of War and Assistant Secy, of War, played so 
important a part in the defense of the Nation during the civil 
war. The firm paid Lincoln $1,000 as a retainer, which he after- 
ward said enabled him to stump the State against Stephen A. 
Douglas, and introduced him to the country at large. 

The personal friendship formed between Mr. Lincoln and 
Wait Talcott during this suit, was maintained ever after, and 
after the passage of the Internal Revenue Act, President Lin- 
coln appointed him Collector for the Second District of Illinois, 
and the following letter is treasured by the family : — 

"Executive Mansion, 
Washington, Aug. 27, 1862. 
"Hon. Wait Talcott: 

Dear Sir — I have determined to appoint you Col- 
lector. I now have a very special request to make of you, which 
is that you will make no Vv'ar upon Mr. Washburnc, who is also 
my friend, of longer standing than yourself. I shall even be 
obliged if you can do something for him if occasion presents. 

Yours truly, 

A. Lincoln." 



202 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

The office thus conferred was held for five years. The 
letter shows the character of Lincoln, who made this appointment 
in opposiaion to the clamor of some congressmen and politicians 
for the appointment of favorites. 

Mr. Talcott was in Washington just after the assassination 
of President Lincoln, and having been selected by citizens of Illi- 
nois, then in Washington, attended the funeral services as one 
of the mourners representing the State. 

At the breaking out of the rebellion, IMr. Talcott, though 
beyond the age of military service, paid a large bounty to Charles 
H. Reddingion, a veteran, who represented him. 

On the /th of August, 1873, Mr. Talcott was called upon to 
part with his wife, Elizabeth. Anna, whose death was mourned 
by a wide circle of friends. She was widely known for her 
kindness to the sick and the needy, whom she aided not only 
pecuniarily, but with her cheerful presence and sympathy. She 
was a lineal descendent of .\rchbishop Cranmer, who in 1556, 
perished in the flames during the religious persecutions of 
Bloody Mary. 

Wait Talcott was active and interested in everything per- 
taining to the welfare of his City, State and Nation. He was 
President of the Early Settlers Asssociation of Winnebago 
County, and during his whole life never relaxed his efforts as a 
good citizen, in every walk in life. Personally he was a man 
whom it was a pleasure to meet. Wealth and prosperity never in 
any vvay dimmed the rugged plainness of his daily life. While 
always courteous and considerate, there was not in him the slight- 
est element of a trimmer ; to the contrary he was outspoken and 
fearless in all that he deemed to be right. Reminders of his 
good efforts are abundant in Rockford, where he has left enduring 
monuments to his zeal and integrity. 



666. PRUDENCE HUBBARD' (TALCOTT) HERSEY. 

PRUDENCE HUBBARD,- dtr. of Capt William and Do- 
rothy" (372) (Blish) Talcott, was b. 4 Mar. 1822, at Rome, N. 
Y. She m. 17 May 1854, at Rockton, Ills. Samuel Hersey. He 
was b. 27 July, 1814, in Sumner, Oxford Co. Maine. 




WILLIAM HENRY BLISH, SR. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 203 

"■ CHILDREN. 

lou.+THOMAS ARTHUR' HERSEY, b. 17 Apr. 1855. 

1012. IDA MARIA' HERSEY, b. 7 July i857- A. 7 July 1882. 

1013. MARY EMMA' HERSEY, b. 22 Aug. i860, d. 2 Sept. 1886. 

1014. + HARRIET ADAUNE" HERSEY. b. 20 June 1864. 

Samuel Hersey came to Wineebago County, 111. in May 
1838. He was a farmer all of his life. His first wife was Han- 
nah Cole, who was born in Oxford Co. Maine. They Were mar- 
ried at Beloit, Wis. 2 Sept. 1842, and had three Oiildren, viz: 

I. Horatio B. Hersey, b. 14 Dec. 1843, in Rockton. He 
enlisted 4 Jany. 1864, in Co. I, 9th 111. Cav., and was 
killed in the battle of Campbellville, Tenn., 24 Nov. 
1864. 
II. Henry Osgood Hersey, b. 25 Oct. 1847. He m. Lib- 
bie Morey, of Rockford, 111., and ha.s one son, Hora- 
tio B. Hersey. 
III. A son. who d. in infancy. 

Hannah, the first wife of Samuel Hersey, d. 29 Apr. 1853. 
Samuel Hersey d. 26 Sept. 1879, at Rockton, 111. His widow is 
still li\ing, and resides with her daughter Harriet. 



667. WILLIAM HENRY' BLISH. 

(Sylvester," Thomas,'' David,* Tristram.-' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

WILLIAM HENRY,' s. of Sylvester" (373) and Rhoda 
(Cheney) Blish, was b. 25 May 1812, at East Glastonbury, Conn. 
He m. 25 Jany. 1836, at Glastonbury, Eliza, adopted daughter of 
Dea. Nehimiaii Holhsler. She was b. 27 Nov. 181 1, at Manches- 
ter, Conn. 

CHILDREN, 
lois. + CHARLES SYLVESTER,' b. s Dec. 1836, at Glastonburj 

Conn. 
1016. + HELEN LOUISE,' b. 5 Nov. 1838. at Wethersfield. III. 
1017.+JOHN GIDDINGS.' b. 23 June, 1840. 

1018. ADEL,\IDE EUZA," b. 22 Dec. 184.^. d. 14 Oct. 1854. Hers 
' was the first body interred in the Kewanee cemetery. 

' 1019. FRANK CHENEY.' b. i5 Apr. 1845- d. 17 Apr. 1845. 

1020. PRUDENCE KNOX,' b. to Mar. 1847. d. ir Oct. i860, of 
erysipelas. 
• 1021. RHOD.-V CHENEY,' b. 10 June 1850. Slie remained with her 



204 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

father durign his lifetime, and is now living in her own home 
in Wethersfield. Has remained single. 

1022. ADDIE ELIZA.' b. 14 June, 1855. She is a deaf mute. Was 
educated in the Deaf and Dumb Institute, at Jacksonville, 111., 
and has since earned her own living. She is now in Chicago. 

Eliza Hollister (Blish) d. 19 Nov. 1858; and William Henry 
Blish m. 17 Apr. i860, Hannah Gage, dtr. of Elijah Gage, of 
Fairfield, N. Y. She was b. z-j Sept. 1833, at Fairfield. 

CHILDREN. 

1023. MARGARET GAGE," b. i Apr. 1S61. She graduated from 
the Kewanee High School and for several years taught in the 
public schools of Kewanee. For over ten years she has been 
teaching in the Chicago public schools. 

I0J4. + W.ILLIAM HENRY' Jr., b. 14 Janv. 1863. 

1025. HANN.AH ELIZABETH," b. 15 Nov. 1872. She graduated 
from the Kewanee High School and taught for some years m 
the Kewanee and Chicago public schools. She m. 3 July 1902, 
Herbert Oilier of Chicago. 

1026. BELLE G.AGE,' b. 10 Feby. 1877. Like her two sisters she 
taught in the public schools of Kewanee for years. She m. 17 

[ . June 1903. Thomas M. O'Connor. Is.sue Ruth Constance, b. 

' 13 May, 1904. 

Hannah Gage Blish, 2nd wife of William H. Blish, d. 19 
July, 1881, at Wethersfield, Ills. She was a teacher in the 
schools of Wethersfield, before her marriage. She was a very 
amiable and intelligent woman and a devoted wife and mother. 
Her death was caused by dropsy. 

William H. Blish learned the carpenter's trade in Connecti- 
cut and followed it some after coming to Wethersfield, Illinois, in 
1837. For several years he lived on a farm west of the village. 
He then moved to the village and engaged in merchandising, at 
the corner of Tenney and Qiurch streets, opposite the present 
site of Wiley's carriage shop. About 1847, he, with his father, 
Sylvester Blish, built a hotel, just east of the store, which they 
ran for over ten years, it being the only hotel in this section, until 
after the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad came through 
Kewanee. It was the stopping place for the stage lines and the 
engineers of the railroad made it their headquarters for some 
titne. About 1855, in company with Zerah Qiapin, he built a 
grist mill and did a large and successful business until the failure 
of the wheat crop in i860 and 1861. The farmers in this section 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 205 

of the country gave up raising wheat and it was unprofitable to 
ship wheat from other sections of the country. He then, in com- 
pany with Nathaniel Alayhew, moved the mill to Neponset, Ills., 
locating it upon the railroad tracks. The business at this point 
proved unprofitable and they sold it out at a great sacrifice. 

He was repeatedly honored with public offices by his fellow 
citizens. During the last forty years of his life he always held 
some official position in his town. He was County Treasurer, 
Justice of the Peace, until he refused to be elected, Supervisor 
for several terms, Town Collector, year after year, School Treas- 
urer for twenty-five years, and Town Clerk nearly as long. His 
office in the corner of his old hotel which he occupied as long as 
he lived, was the headquarters for all Town business, and the 
people seemed to think they could not do business elsewhere. 
Here he was always to be found, genial, affable, sensible and level- 
headed ; ready to make a deed or mortgage, draw a will, or have 
a friendly smoke and talk on any subject. Very few suits begun 
in his court ever came to a trial ; he usually made the litigants 
see their rights or mistakes and come to an amicable settlement. 
He was a life-long member of the Congregational church, and 
for a number of years was chorister. As a neighbor he was kind 
and generous, ever ready to lend a helping hand, or to give words 
of cheer and sympathy. He died at his old home where he had 
lived for 58 years, 15 July, 1895, in the 84th year of his age, leav- 
ing a spotless record. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tii. Rcc. IV ethersUdd , 111. 
Tn. Rcc. HoUistcr Gen. and Henry County, III. Rec. 



668. THOMAS^ BLISH. 

(Sylvester," Thomas,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

THOMAS,' s. of Sylvester," (373) and Rhoda (Cheney) 
Blish, was b. 8 Sept. 181 5, at East Glastonbury, Conn. He m. 

Feby. 1837, Wealthy Ann, dtr. of Halsey and Sarah 

(Wood) Buck. She was b. 24 Aug. 1817, at Glastonbury, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
ic.T. + HENRY SYLVESTER." b. 18 Julv 1838, at Rock Lsland, 111. 
il'jS. THOMAS HUBBARD.' b. 27 Apr. 18^0. He was an unus- 
ually bright and promising young man and a great favorite witli 



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every one. After leaving school he was employed in a whole" 
sale grocery in Galena, 111., and afterwards worked with his 
father in his chair factory. He d. 19 May, 1863, of consump- 
tion. 
1OJ9. GEORGE,' b. 14 Sept. 1842. d. yonn.s;. . 

1030. SARAH," b. 27 May 18+4. d. 19 Julv 1845. 

1031. ELL.\,~ b. 26 July 1848. d. 11 July 186+ 

10^2. MARY.- b d. 

10,^3. MARY LOUISE," b Aug. 1853. Is living at the old 

home in Galena with her brother George. 

1034. GEORGE CHENEY," b. 16 Feby. 1855. Aher graduating from 
the High School he taught for some time. Later he took a 
course at Rush Medical College, Chicago, from which he grad- 
uated with high honors. He is located at Galena and lives in 
the old homestead. Is a bachelor. 

1035. HATTIE," b. May 1857. d. 4 July 1862. 

1036. BENONI," b. Oct. 1862. d. June 1863. 



All of the children, excepting Henry, were b. at Galena, Ills. 
Thomas Blish was a carpenter by trade, and came West with his 
father's family, in 1837. He shortly reinoved to Rock Island, 
Ills., where he remained about two years. He then went to 
Galena, Ills., at that time one of the most prosperous cities in the 
State, and remained there until his death. He was a contractor 
and builder and also part owner in a chair factory. He was a 
prominent member of the Congregational church of Galena, and 
for many years was chorister, being a fine singer and very fond 
of music. He d. 18 Dec. 1864, at WetHersfield, Ills., while on a 
visit to his mother and brothers, from a sudden attack of pneumo- 
nia, and his remains were taken to Galena. His wife. Wealthy 
Ann, survived hiin for many years. She was a most devoted 
wife and mother. She d. 15 Jany. 1890, at Galena. 

References — Glasfoiibitrw Conn. Tn. Rcc. and HoUister Gen. 



669. CHARLES CHENEY' BLISH. 

(Sylvester." Thomas,'' David," Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.') 

CHARLES CHENEY,' s. of Sylvester," (373) and Rhoda 
(Cheney) Blish, was b. 26 May, 1820, at East Glastonbury, Conn. 
He m. 23 Dec. 1840, at Goshen, Stark Co., 111., Elizabeth Potter, 




CHARLES CHENEY 
BLISH. 



ELIZABETH POTTER 
(BOXAR) BLISH. 




BLISH GENEALOGY. 207 

vltr. of Matthew and Catharine (Cosner) Bonar. She was b. 14 
Dec. 1820, at Bethlehem, Knox county. Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 
ioy.+J.\MES KNOX." b. 2 May, ICS43, at Wethersfield, 111. 
1038. VVILLL-VM HENRY." b. 15 Aug. 1844. He was accidentally 

scalded while his mother was mopping the floor and died from 

the effect 15 Tanv. 1846. at Kno.wille, 111. 
;o3y. SYLVESTER," b. 13 Oct. 1846. d. 21 Sept. 1847. at Kno.xville, 

Illinois. 
104c -rM.'KTTHEW BON.\R," b. 5 Dec. 1848, at Wethersfield, 111. 

1041. C.\RRIE ELIZABETH," b. 8 Oct. 1854- d. 14 Mar. 1856. 

1042. KITTIE LOUISE," b. 14 Aug. 1857. d. 24 Jany. 1856. 

Giarles Cheney BHsh 'went to school in Glastonbury and then 
finished a course at Middletown, Conn., paying especial attention 
to surveying. He came to Illinois with his father when seven- 
teen years old. He was married at the age of twenty. His 
wife's parents lived on Walnut creek, south of Lafayette, and the 
marriage was somewhat opposed on both sides by his parents, on 
account of his age. and by her's because he was a "Yankee", they 
being Pennsylvanians. The youngsters went to a Justice and 
were married, and all parties acquiesced in the inevitable. In 
the winter of 1841-2 he taught the school in Wethersfield, with 
marked success, and the next spring was appointed Deputy Coun- 
ty Surveyor. In 1843 he was elected County Surveyor, and held 
the office for eight years, during which time the settlement of the 
country demanded his constant services, in locating lands. On 
account of his knowledge of the lands in his county, his services 
were frequently called for in after years to settle disputed cor- 
ners. At the termination of his term as County Surveyor, he 
took up farming, which he followed the remainder of his life. 
He made cattle his specialty, and about 1865 started a herd of 
short-horns, and in a few years had one of the finest herds in the 
State. He took many prizes in the Illinois and Iowa State fairs, 
and at the Fat Stock Shows in Oiicago, and was a member of 
the National Short-Horn Breeders' Association. He was one of 
the organizers of the Henry County Fair, for some years was Sec- 
retary and then President. Upon the adoption of Township or- 
ganization he was for several years Town Clerk and was School 
Director for a (juarter of a century. He was connected with the 
First National Bank of Kewanec, and for eighteen years was its 



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President, retiring only a short time before his death. The local 
paper said of him : "Mr. Blish has always been one of the fore- 
most men of Kewanee in any and all public enterprises for the 
advancement of the town. In matters of importance and in a 
social way, Mr. Blish stood very high, and his influence was as 
strong as any citizen in this community. As a business man he 
was successful and as a citizen he was the friend of all, and we 
know of no one who will be missed more from the every-day life 
of our town than Charles C. Blish." 

His death, which occurred on the 15th of Dec. 1890, was en- 
tirely unexpected. He was about town all day, pursuing his usual 
avocations. Almost the last act, was to take to the post office a 
batch of invitations to attend the celebration of his "Golden Wed- 
ding", which was to have been the 23rd of the same month. Af- 
ter retiring he was attacked with an excrutiating pain in the re- 
gion of the heart, and died before any aid could be summoned. 
His funeral services were conducted by the Masonic Lodge of 
Kewanee. of which he was a charter member, and the pastor of 
the Congregational church, of which he was also a member. 

Elizabeth P. Blish came west with her father's family, in 
1838, and they settled on Walnut creek, in Knox county. She 
taught the school there for two years. Among her other accom- 
plishments, she was known as the most skillful horse-back rider 
in the neighborhood, in days wEen this form of locomotion was 
common. After her marriage she always lived in Wethersfield, 
excepting a couple of years spent in Knoxville, where two of her 
children died. After her husband's death, she never left the old 
home, but kept a horse which she drove to town and to church, 
unaided, even to the last Sabbath before her death. She died 
May 13th. 1900, after a brief illness. The following extract from 
a local paper testiiies the esteem in which she was held: "In the 
quiet afternoon of an ideal May day, the friends of Mrs. Eliza- 
beth P. Blish gathered at the old homestead, south of the city, 
Tuesday, and paid a last sad tribute to her noble life. In the 
large company, which filled the rooms of the hallowed old home, 
and gathered on the lawn, were many whose hair was streaked 
with gray and whose fomis were bent with years. They were 
the remnant of the sturdy pioneers, who conquered the prairies 
of Illinois in former days. They came to drop a tear of love and 
bow at the bier of one who has seen the seasons come and go for 
many, many years. Mrs. Blish was one of the last of the early 
settlers who assisted in the work of upbuilding whatever of worth 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 209 

has been established here. She was quiet and refined in her bear- 
ing, but quick of memory and ready of speech and those who knew 
her well, heard many a tale of the old pioneer times, intermingled 
with her delicate sense of humor. Her death is the passing of a 
landmark, revered, respected and loved most by those who knew 
her best." 



670. PRUDENCE HUBBARD' (BLISH) KNOX. 
(Sylvester," Thomas,'' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

PRUDENCE HUBBARD,' dtr. of Sylvester," (373) and 
Rhoda (Cheney) Blish, was b. 26 Alar. 1822, at Glastonbury, 
Conn. She m. 20 Jany. 1841, at Wethersfiekl, Ills., Hon. James 

Knox, s. of and 

He was b. 4 July, 1807, at 

Prudence Hubbard Blish was educated in the schools of Mid- 
dletown and Hartford. Conn., and at the age of fifteen,, removed 
to Illinois, with her father. She was a beautiful and accom- 

plished lady, and after her marriage, lived at Knoxville, Ills., 
where she d. 19 Mar. 1846, of pulmonary consumption. 

James Knox was educated at Hamilton College, New York, 
and Yale College, Conn., and fitted himself for the law. After 
coming West he engaged in general merchandising at Knoxville, 
Illinois, doing what little law business that came to him. It was 
in connection with some land transaction for eastern parties, that 
he first became acquainted with the family of Col. Blish. He 
was an extensive land dealer and became verv wealthy by this 
means. At his death he left lands valued at half a million dol- 
lars, the bulk of which he devised to trustees for the purpose of 
founding an Agricultural College at Knoxville, Illinois, upon con- 
dition that responsible citizens of Knox county should subscribe 
$250,000. 00 for the same purpose, within one year after his death. 
In the event of their failure to subscribe the amount, the fund 
was given to Hamilton and Yale colleges. The subscription was 
\nade, but the two colleges named, questioned the validity of the 
subscription and took the matter into the United States courts, 
an<l succeeded in defeating the devise for the Agricultural col- 
lege. James Knox twice represented his district in Congress, 
and was a very able and scholarly man. In the latter part of his 
life he spent much of his time in Europe, mostly in Germany. 
He d. at Knoxville, wheic he is buried, g Oct. 1876. 



2IO SEVENTH GENERATION. . ; 

671. GEORGE CHENEY' BLISH. 

(Sylvester," Thomas," David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

GEORGE CHENEY," s. of Col. Sylvester^ (373) and Rhoda 
(Cheney) Blish, was b. 12 Jany. 183 1, at Glastonbury, Conn. He 
ni. 14 Dec. 1871, at St. Louis, Mo., Marie Therese, dtr. of Louis 
and Ernestine (Schmitt) Nievergelder. She was b. 12 May, 
1848, at St. Louis, Mo. 

CHILDREN. 

1043. ELIZABETH MARIE.' b. u Sept. 1872, at St. Louis, Mo. 
She is a graduate of St. Xavier's .'\cademy, Chicago, aud has 
for teu years taught in the Chicago public schools. 

1044. LOUISE ERNESTINE,' b. 24 July, 1874. at St. Louis. Mo. 
She IS also a graduate of St. Xavier s .Academy, and the Amer- 

'. ican Conservatory of Music, Chicago. She is a contralto singer 

of note, and for several years has been one of the instructors in 
the American Conservatory. 

1045. GEORGE JOSEPH,' b. 8 Sept. 1876, at St. Louis. Mo. He is 
a graduate of De LaSalle Institute, Chicago, and since his grad- 
uation has worked at book-keeping. 

1046. FLORENCE MARIE," b. 8 Sept. 1878, at St. Louis, Mo. She 
is a graduate of St. James High School, Chicago, and is a 
teacher in the public schools of Chicago. 

1047. EUGENE SYLVESTER," b. 28 Dec. 1880, at St. Louis, Mo. 
d II Dec. 188S, at Chicago, ■111. 

1048. JULIA MARIE," b. i Feby. 1883, at Chicago, Jll. She is a 
graduate of the Chicago South Division High School. 

1049. SYLVESTER," b. 21 Apr. 1885, at Chicago, 111. Is a graduate 
of the De LaSalle Institute. Chicago. 

1050. CHARLES CHENEY," b. 15 Apr. 1887, at Chicago. 111. 'Is also 
a gi-aduate of the De LaSalle Institute. 




George Cheney' Blish came we.st with his father in 1837 and 
obtained his schooling in the Wethersfield public schools. When 
about 15 years old, he went to Galena, Ills., which at that time 
was considered one of the thriftiest cities in the State, and entered 
the employ of B. F. Campbell & Co., wholesale grocers. He be- 
came a very expert book-keeper and a few years afterwards be- 
came a clerk on one of the steam boats of the Minnesota Packet 
company, and in this capacity gained a large number of friends 
and an extensive knowledge of human nature. His executive 
nbilitv was soon recognized, and he was given the position of sec- 




GEORGE CHENEY liLISH. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 211 

retary of tht company, succeeding his oki-tinu- friend, J. Russell 
Jones. He remained in this position until the breaking out of 
the civil war, when he went to St. Paul, Tvfinn. During the war 
his boat was frecjuently employed in the transportation of troops 
and supplies down the river, having many exciting experiences. 
After the war he ran on a line of boats from St. Louis south and 
up Red river. After his marriage he quit the river and entered 
the employ of L. AI. Rumsey & Co., a wholesale hardware firm 
of St. Louis. In 1881 he went to Qiicago and entered the man- 
ufacturing concern of E. Schneider & Co., where by his ability he 
secured the position of secretary and treasurer, which he filled to 
the time of his death, which occurred 3 Oct. 1892. at his home 
2808 Indiana Ave., Chicago. He was a man of fine literar)- and 
artistic tastes, very genial and sociable and intensely devoted to 
his familv. 



673. THOMAS BLISH' CHENEY. 

(.Adeline f'anielia,'' Thomas.'' David, ^ Tristram,^ Joseph," Abra- 
ham.') 

THOMAS BLISH,' s. of Halsey and Adeline Pamelia" 

(Blish) CTieney, was b. 2 Dec. 1828, at He 

m. 26 May, 1853, ^^ Marlboro', Conn., I-Vances E. Foote. She 
was b '830 

CHILDREN, 

1051. GEORGE FOOTE' CHENEY, b. 5 Ocl. 1854. d. 7 June 1862. 

1052. ABBIE" CHENEY, b. 26 Jany. i860, d. 9 Fcby. i860. 

1053. FREDERIC .SHELTON" CHENEY, b. 10 .-Vpr. 1861. d. 31 
Oct. 1861. 

Frances E. (F'ootc) Cheney d. 5 Oct. 1864, at the age of 34, 
and Thomas. B. Cheney m. (2) 28 Nov. 1865, at Glastonbury,. 
Conn., Emily L. (Kingsbury) HoUister. She was b. 25 Feby. 
183 1, and was the widow of Shelton Hollister. 

CHILDREN. 
105+ IHOM.^S SHELTON' CHENEY, I). 14 Feby. 1867. d. 



1055. FRANCIS EMILY' CHENEY, b. 22 Oct, 1868, 
Thomas Blish' Cheney for a great part of his life was an 



212 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

accountant for Cheney Bros, silk mills, in South Manchester, 
Conn. For a time he ran a wholesale flour business in Hartford 
and then entered the employ of Penfield & Co., Hartford, as book- 
keeper, where he continued as long as he was able to do any 
work. When unable to do steady work, he settled a number of 
estates. He d. 13 Feby. 1896. He was a man of fine appear- 
ance, unswerving integrity and universally respected. 

References — Chcn-cy Gen. HolUstcr Gen. 



674. EDWARD HALSEY' CHENEY. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas," David,' Tristram,' Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.^) 

EDWARD HALSEY,' s. of Halsey and Adeline Pamelia' 
(Blish) Cheney, was b. 29 April, 1832, at Middletown, Conn. He 
m. at Wethersfield, III, 28 Sept. 1861, Katharine M. Anderson. 
She was b 

CHILDREN. 

1056. EDNAH ADELINE' CHENEY, b. 2g July, 1862. m. Arthur 
Joyner. Children — Edward and Laura. 

1057. MILLARD COLFAX' CHENEY, b. 19 Oct. 1864. Lives at 
Aberdeen, Wash. Is m. and has children— Manbel and Mil- 
lard Colfa.x, Jr. 

1058. LAURA EM.ILY" CHENEY, b. 31 Jany, 1867. m 

Bcidler. 

1059. HARRIET ELLINOR' CHENEY, b. 29 Jany. 1871. d. 5 Sept. 
1872, at Cobden, 111. 

Katharine (Anderson) Cheney d Feby. 1891, and 

Edward Halsey Qieney m. (2) 

Edward Halsey' Cheney was a carriage builder by trade, 
having learned it in his father's shop in Middletown, Conn. He 
came West with his mother in 1857, and for some years worked 
her farm in Kevvanee, Ills. He enlisted in the 124th 111. Vols, in 
the civil war in 1862. He was discharged 27 April, 1863, and 
promoted as an officer in a colored regiment, raised in the South. 
.•\fter the war, he lived for a while at Cobden, Ills., and then re- 
turned to Conn., from which he went to Florida and engaged in 
orange growing for some years. His health failing, he removed 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 213 

lo Tennessee, the home of his second wife's parents, where he d. 
three weeks after his arrival, 19 April, 1900. 

References — Cheney Gen. Hollister Gen. 



675. GEORGE WELLS" CHENEY. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

GEORGE WELLS,' s. of Halsey and Adeline Pamelia^ 
(Blish) Cheney, was b. 15 Dec. 1833, ^^ Middletown, Conn. He 
m. 5 Nov. 1862, at Hartford, Conn. Amelia Porter, dtr. of 
Daniel (Jr.) and Lucy Woodruff (Tarbo.x) Haines. She was 
b at Lebanon, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

1060. HALSEY HAINES' CHENEY, b. 2 June, 1864, at Boston, 
Mass. He m. 5 Jany. 1869, at Ponghkeepsie, N. Y. Alma Streit 
Raub, dtr. of James M. and Elizabeth (Streit) Raub. 

io6i. WINTHROP" CHENEY, b. 17 July. 1866, at South Manches- 
ter, Conn. d. 16 Dec. i86g. 

George Wells' Cheney in his younger days, worked in his 
father's carriage factory, in Middletown, Conn. He also spent 
several years, with his mother, on the farm at Kewanee, Ills. 
Returning to Conn, he enlisted at the first call for troops, in the 
civil war, and was in the first battle of Bull Run. He was very 
near-sighted, and barely escaped capture by the Confederates, on 
that account, which being discovered by the military authorities, 
he was discharged and sent home. For a number of years after- 
wards he was foreman in the machine shop of Cheney Bros, at 
South Manchester, Conn. He then started a paper mill, which 
was burned, and he returned to the machine shop of Qieney 
Bros. He afterward was engaged in the manufacture of car- 
stoves, at Haarlem, N. Y.. until they were superceded by steam 
heat. For some five years he had charge of a logwood mill, on 
the Hudson river, for his brother-in-law, Jacob Weidman. He 
then retired from active business and located a,t a place called 
"Point Comfort", near Peekskill, N. Y. He d. 10 July, 1899, 
from the effect of a fall. He was repairing his house, and went 



214 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

upon the scaffolding to direct the work, and it fell to the ground, 
causing his death. 

References — Chciicx Gen. Hollistcr Gen. 



676. CHARLES SYLVESTER' CHENEY. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,-' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abra- 
ham.') 

CHARLES SYLVESTER,' s. of Halsey and Adeline Pame- 
lia" (Bli.'^h) Qieney, was b. 2 April, 1836, at Middletown, Conn. 
He m. I Nov. 1857, Catharine, dtr. of Marcius and Clarissa (Che- 
ney) Hutchins.* She was b 

CHILDREN. 

1062. CATHARINE BESSIE- CHENEY, b. i .Vpr. 1861. 

1063. ALICE MAUIT CHENEY. 1j. 12 Nov. 1862. 

1064. CHARLES HERMAN" CHENEY, b. 6 Sept. 1866. 

Charles Sylvester' Clieney has been nearly his whole life in 
the employ of the Cheney Bros, silk mills, at South Manchester, 
Conn., as book-keeper, accountant and confidential man, and he 
is still in the same position. Such continuous employment 
speaks well both for his ability and integrity. 

References — Chciicv Gen. HoULiter Gen. 



677. HARRIET ELIZABETH' CHENEY. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

HARRIET ELIZABETH,' dtr. of HaLsey and Adeline Pa- 
melia" (Blish) Cheney, was b. 23 June, 1838, at Middletown. 
She was m. at .Staten Island, N. Y., 5 Feby. 1868, to James Wood- 
bridge, s. of George Wells and Mary (Qieney) Qieney. He was 
b. 9 Feby. 1^38, at South Manchester, Conn. 



*The Hollister Gen. has this name: "Hotchkins". 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 215 

CHILDREN. 
1065. JOHN PLATT CHENEY, b. 12 Nov. 1868. m. 15 Apr. 1903, 

at Fariningtun, Conn.. Alice, dtr. of Erastus Gay. They have 

one child — Carolyn, b. ,30 May, 1904. 
J066. ADELINE' CHENEY, b. 2 Dec. 1870. 

Harriet Elizabeth" Cheney has rare artistic ability, to which 
she devoted herself before her marriage, and still follows, for 
recreation. 

James Woodbridge Clieney is one of the officers and mana- 
gers of the Llieney Bros, silk mills, at South Manchester, Conn., 
whose business has been exceedingly successful and whose trade 
mark is considereil a guarantee of excellence and standard quali- 
t.v- 

References — Clu'iie\ Gen. Hollistcr Gen. 



678. ADELINE LOUISA' (CHENEY) BECKINGTON. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,''' David,* Tristram," Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

.\DELINE LOUISA," dtr. of Halsey and Adeline Pamelia* 
(Blish) Gieney, was b. 10 Eeby. 1842, at Middletown, Conn. 
She ni. 24 Sept. 1866, at Kewanee, Ills., Qiarles Beckington. He 
was b. in Somersetshire, England. 31 Aug. 1835. 

CHILDREN. 

1067. MARY" BECKINGTON. b. 11 July, 1867. at St. Charles. Mo. 
d. 10 Aug. 1867. 

1068. ALICE' BECKINGTON. b. 30 July. 1S68, at St. Charles, Mo. 
She is an artist and has a studio in New York City. Of late 
years her specialty has been miniature painting, in which she 
has had exceptional success. 

.Adeline Louise" (Cheney) Beckington, after her graduation, 
devoted her time to teaching, at Kewanee, Ills., for some years, 
as first assistant in the High Scho*jl. It was here she met her 
husband, who was principal of the same school. 

Giarles Beckington graduated from the LTniversity of Michi- 
gan in 1862, and then devoted his time to teaching for several 
years at Kewanee, Ills. He here studied law in the office of 
Howe & North, and removed to St. Charles, Mo., at which latter 
place he was elected County Superintendent of Schools. He next 
removed to Des Moines, Iowa, and for some years was state 



2i6 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

agent for the sale of the publications, especially the educational 
works, of D. Appleton & Co., of New York. About 1882, on ac- 
count of failing health, he retired from active business, and the 
family spent several years in Europe, mainly in Germany. Re- 
turning, they located at Scituate, Mass., where the family has 
since resided. He d. in New York City, 15 Mar. 1904, and is 
buried at South Manchester, Conn. 

References — Cheney Gen. Hollister Gen. 



679. EMMA JANE' (CHENEY) VAIL. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,'^ David,* Tristram,-' Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

EMMA JANE,' dtr. of Halsey and Adeline Pamelia" 
(Blish) Cheney, was b. 8 Sept. 1848, at Middletown, Conn. She 
m. 20 May, 1868, at Wethersfield, Ills., Edward Martin, s. of 
Alexander and Sarah Maria (Sebring) Vail. He was b. 8 Sept. 
1832, at Greenbrook. Middlesex Co., New Jersey. 

CIIJLDREN. 
io6g. SIDNEY PERCY' VAIL, b. 13 Oct. 1869. He is a telegraph 
operator and stenographer and at present is in New York City. 
(1904). 

1070. WALTER CHENEY' VAIL, b. 17 SepL 1871. He is a gradu- 
ate of the Illinois University and now principal of the Manual 
Training High School, at LaSalle, Ills. He m. 12 Aug. 1903, 
at Rochester. N. Y,. Jessica Beatrice, dtr. of Peter and Sophia 
(Bear) Marshall. She was b. 5 Jany. 1870. 

1071. EDITH" VAIL, b. 28 Aug. 1873. She is a graduate of the 
New Britain, Conn., Normal Training School and taught for 
several years. She now has a studio in New York City and is 
engaged in art meta! work. 

1072. RICHARD HART" VAIL, b. 24 May, 1875. After graduat- 
ing from High School, he devoted his time to newspaper re- 
porting in Kewanee. then was employed for some time on the 
Railway Age. in Chicago. Is now in the employ of the Col- 
orado Iron Works, makers of mining machinery and located in 
New York City. 

Edward M. Vail, at the time of his marriage, and for some 
years after, was the leading clothier at Kewanee, Ills. After for 
over twenty years he was engaged in farming and dairying and 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 217. 

also ran a greenhouse. He has been for several years in the real 
estate business, though he yet holds his farm. 

References — Cheney Gen. Hollister Gen. 



680. ELLINOR MARLV (CHENEY) WEIDMAN. 

(Adeline Pamelia," Thomas,' David, ^ Tristram.^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

ELLINCJR MARIA,' dtr. of Halscy and Adeline Pamelia' 
(Blish) Cheney, was b. 3 July, 1850, at Middletown, Conn. She 
m. 13 Dec. 1870, at North Alanchester, Conn., Jacob Weidmann. 
He was b. in Thalwiel, Zurich, Switzerland, 22 Mar. 1845. 

CHILD. 
1073. ESTHER* WEIDMANN, b. 9 Nov. 1871. at South Manches 
ter. Conn. She was named for her grand-mother Weidmann, 
and was christened in the same church in Switzerland. 

Jacob Weidnian is a silk dyer and was at the time of his 
marriage, the head of the dying department of the Qieney Bros, 
silk mill at South Manchester, Conn. He afterward started an 
establishment of his own at Patterson, N. J., in which he has been 
remarkably successful, and is now considered the leader in that 
business in the United States. His father followed the same bus- 
iness in Switzerland, which is now carried on by his older brother. 

References — Clicnev Gen. Hollister Gen. 



685. ALONZO HOWARD' BLISH. 

(Novatus," Aaron," David,* Tristram,-' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

lALONZO HOWARD,' s. of Novatus" (382) and Sophia 

(Brett) Blish, was b. 25 Sept. 1818, at Stamford, N. Y. He m. 

at Franklin, Delaware Co., N. Y., 

Elizabeth Barnes. 



2i8 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

CHILD. 
1074. HOWARD.' b. about 1842. d. about 1850, at the home of his 
grand-father, Novatus Blish. 

Elizabeth (Barnes) Blish d , and Alonzo 

Howard Blish tti. as his second wife, Rexford, 



CHILDREN. 

1075. REXFORD,' b 1855. 

1076. GEORGE.' b 1858. 

Alonzo Howard' Blish acquired a good common school edu- 
cation, and for several years before he was of age, he taught 
school during the winter months, and worked on the farm in the 
summer. After he became of age, he and his brother Aaron, 
bought a place called "Little York", in the town of Walton, in 
Delaware county, about 150 acres of timber, where they spent 
two years in clearing and improving it. They then sold out and 
returned to Stamford ami the following winter they both engaged 
in peddling printed oilcloths, which had just come into use as 
table and furniture covers, and for a time had a great sale, in the 
new States of Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. They continued in this 
business for two years, traveling in wagons through the then 
sparsely settled country of those states, and meeting with many 
exciting adventures. Soon after their return to New York state 
Alonzo married and he and his brother Aaron, went to the thriv- 
ing town of Racine, Wisconsin, and engaged in hotel keeping, re- 
maining something over two \ears, when they returned to New 
York, where Alonzo's wife died. He then went to Honesdale, 
Penn., under an agreement with a man named Rexford, to build 
and have in operation, within two years, a paper miir He was to 
receive as compensation a considerable tract of land on the river, 
with a water privilege. The death of his father delayed the work 
but he had the mill in operation within the specified time. Rex- 
ford, however, refused to perform his part of the contract, on 
some pretext, but mainly for the reason that a railroad had been 
built and other improvements made which rendered the land much 
more valuable than when the agreement was made. Litigation 
followed which ended in Rexford having to pay for all of the im- 
provements. This Rexford was an uncle of Alonzo Blish's sec- 
ond wife. After this he and his wife went to Central America, 
where he was superintendent for the Panama Railroad Co. His 
health failing here, he returned to New York and was for some 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 219 

years engaged in various railroad works, luitil about i8f.«, wlien 
he removed to Arkadclpliia, Arkansas, with his wife and two 
boys, and died there in 1883 or 1884. 



686. AARON' BLISH. 

(Novatus," Aaron,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

AARON,' s. of Novatus" (382) and Sophia (Brett) Bhsh, 
was b. 1 1 July, 1820, at Stamford, N. Y. He m. 28 July, 1847, 
Nancy A., dtr. of Lyman and Olive (Osborn) Goodenough. She 
was b. 28 Feby. 1827, at Stamford, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1077. OLIVE S." b. 12 Sept. 1850. m. 25 Nov. 1^574. 7". /. Sarvan. 

1078. FANNIE F." b. 1 Sept. 1852. m. 17 Ai'g. 1S75. G. C. Bevins. 
and lives in Hartford. Conn. 

1079. ALICE C* b. 14 Apr. 1856. 

1080. + EDWIN M." 1.1. 25 June. 1857. 

The history of Aaron" Blish is almost identical with that of 
his brother Alonzo, up to the time that they returned from Wis- 
consin, about 1846. From the time of his marriage until the 
spring of 1852, he engaged in farming at Stamford. He then left 
his wife and children, and went to the California gold fields, 
where he remaiend for three \ears. Returning with a reasonable 
fortune, he bought his father-inlaw's farm of 150 acres, in the 
X'illage of Stamford, which is now called "the Saratoga of the 
Catskills". Here he remained the rest of his days. He was a 
man of remarkable jjhysical and mental vigor and indomitable 
courage. He d. (1 Apr. 1858, highly respected by all who knew 
him. His wife Nancy, d. ifi Oct. 1879, and txDth are buried at 
Stamford, N. Y. 



687. HENRY MARSHALL' BLISH. 

(Novatus," Aaron,'' David,* Tristram,'" Joseph,'' .Abraham.') 

HENRY MARSHALL," s. of Novatus" (382) and Sophia 
(Brett) Blish, was b. 14 Feby. 1824, at Stamford, N. Y. He ni. 



220 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

14 Feb} . 1850, at Bloomville, N. Y. Catharine Susan, dtr. of John 
and Susanna (Champion) Bathrick. She was b. 15 Oct. 182G, at 
Bloomville, N. Y. 

CHILDREN, 

1081. ANNA SOPHIA; b. 18 Mar. 1851, at East Brooklyn, Long 
Island, N. Y. 

1082. MARY ELLA." b. 15 Mar. 1855. at Stamford, N. Y. 

1083. CARRIE ADELIA,- b. 5 Oct. 1859, at Gulf Summit. Broome 
Co., N. Y. 

10S4 HIRAM ELLSWORTH." b. 2^ An?.. 1S62. at Gulf Summit. 

Catharine Susan Btish d: 30 Oct. 1862, and Henry Alarshall 
Blish m. (2) 6 Sept. 1863, Cornelia Amanda, dtr. of Elias Green 
and Peniah Terrell. She was b. 21 July, 1843, at Herrick, Penn. 

CHILDREN. 

1085. HENRY GREENE," b. 23 Oct. 1865. He graduated at Mari- 
etta College, Ohio, and was for some time professor of mathe- 
matics at Baptist College, Santa Barbara, California. 

1086. DON ALONZO,' b. 25 luly, 1867. 

1087. FRANCIS MARION.' h. 4 -May, 1874. ' 

Henry Mar.shall' Blish on arriving of age, learned the car- 
penter's trade, and after his tiiarriage went to Brooklyn, N. Y., 
where he remained about two years. He then returned to Stam- 
ford and followed building for four years, after which he settled 
at Gulf Summit, in Broorne county, N. Y., and has followed farm- 
ing and dairying ever since. 



688. NOVATUS MAPES' BLISH. 

(Novatus," Aaron,'' David,' Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.^) 

NOVATUS MA PES,' s. of Novatus" (382) and Mary 
(Mapes) Blish, was b. 14 July 1828, at Roxbury, Delaware coun- 
ty, N. Y. He in. 22 Sept. 1851, at Hobart, N. Y. Marietta, dtr. 
of John and Eleanor (Grant) Cowan. She was b. 11 Dec. 1830, 
at Hobart, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

108S.-I-CHARLES ADISON.' b. 21 July, r8^2, at Stamford. N. Y. 

1089. HELEN MARY,' b. 9 July. 1855. She rn. 25 Sept. 187S. Robert 
Bruce CItisholm. of Elgin. 111., whose father was the discoverer 
and owner of the famous "Emma Silver Mine". She d. 20 Feby. 



DLISH GENEALOGY. 221 



1878, without issue. 
lOQO.+JOHN COWAN." b. 16 .Apr. i8S7- 
logi. MARIETTA ELOISE," b. 6 Dec. 1861. 

Marietta Cowan Blish d. 25 Mar. 1893, at Hobart, N. Y. 




Novatus Mapes' Bli.sh received a fair education at the home 
.schools and Hobart Academy. Though but twenty years of age 
at the death of his father, he succeeded to his business of merchan- 
dising and farming. He still has his father's farm, which is 
known as the "Blish Homesteatl", having been in the family over 
seventv years, and containing 430 acres of land. He is a promi- 
nent and influential man in his section of the country. Has been 
Justice of the Peace over twelve yeafs, Justice of Sessions for two 
terms, and an active member of the Grange organization in the 
State, representing his county in the State Grange, and the State- 
Grange before the Legislature, in 1883-4, in promotion of legis- 
lation for the benefit of agricultural interests. 



690. DAVID PARSHALL' BLISH. 

(Novatus," Aaron, '^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

DAVID P.\RSHALL'' s. of Novatus" (382) and Mary 
(Mapes) Blish, was b. 6 Oct. 1836, at Stamford, N. Y. He m. 
17 Sept, 1861, at Hobart, N. Y., I.iicinda, dtr. of Ebenezer and 
Anna (Sturgis) Silliman. She was b. 4 Oct. 1838, at Hobart, 

N. Y. ' 

David Parshair Blish was schooled in Stamford and Hobart, 
N. Y., and at the age of twenty, took Horace Greeley's advice, 
and went west, arriving at Ripon, Wisconsin, in 1856, and for 
two years was in general merchandising and lumber trade. Re- 
turned to New York and remained about four years, during which 



222 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

time he was married. About 1862 returned to Ripon, and en- 
gaged in farming for four years ; then removed to Oiicago, lUs., 
and engaged in the sale of agricuUural implements for about 
two years, and then went to Atchison, Kas., where he has since 
resided. He is the senior member of the wholesale hardware busi- 
ness of Blish, Mize & Silliman Hardware Co., a remarkably suc- 
cessful company, which was at first a partnership composed of 
himself and his brothers-in-law, E. A. Mize and J. B. Silliman. 
He is. an active member of Trinity Episcopal Church, of Atchi- 
son, and has been Senior Warden for many years ; also a mem- 
ber of the Standing Committee of the same church in the Diocese 
of Kansas. Was also Lay Delegate to the General Convention of 
the same church, held in Chicago, in 1886, and again at Baltimore, 
in 1892. 



691. CAR(^LINE DELLV (BLISH) RICH. 
'Aristarchus,'' Aaron,' David,^ Tristram,'' Joseph,'-* Abraham.') 

CAROLINE DELLV,' dtr. of .\ristarchus" {^,8^} and Nancy 
Cornelia (Merriam) Blish, was b. 3 Sept. 1824, at Stamford, N. 
Y. She m. 2^ Apr. 1850, Robert Stirling, s. of James and Helena 
(Marshall) Rich. 

CHILDREN. 
1092. JAMES BLISM" RICH. b. 26 lany. T856, at Hobart. N. Y. 
1003. CAROLINE MERRIAM' RICH. b. 4 Feby. t86i. 
I0Q4. STEPHEN WYATT RICH. b. 25 Sept. 1864. 
I09S. BERTHA EMILIE" RICH. b. 2 Fcby. 1869. 

Robert Stirling Rich finished his education and received his 
mercantile training in New York City. In 1855 he engaged in 
merchandising at Hobart, N. Y., and, in company with his son 
James, still continues the business. 



692. EVALINE CELIA' (BLISH) SMITH. 

(Aristarchus," Aaron,'' David,^ Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.^ 

EVALINE CELIA,' dtr. of Aristarchus" (383) and Nancy 
Cornelia (Merriam) Bli.sh, was b. 5 June, 1826, at Stamford, N. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 223 

Y. She m. y Juik-, 1859, Thomas H., s. of WilHam Smith. He 
was b. 23 Feby, 1818, in England. 

CHILDREN. 

1096. GEORGE B.'- .SMITH, b. 18 June i860, al N. Harpersfield, N. Y. 

1097. HENRY T." SMITH, b. 20 June, 1862. 
109S. NANCY M.' SMITH, b. 4 June. i865. 
ingo. MARY E." SMITH, b. 22 July. 186S. 

Evaline CeHa" (Blish) Smith d. 23 Jany, 1879, at Harpers- 
field, and is buried at Kortright, N. Y. 



693. I.ORAXA ANX" (BLISH) McLAURY. 

( Aristarchus," Aaron,'' David,'' Tristram,-' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

LORANA ANN,' dtr. of Aristarchus'' (383) and Nancy- 
Cornelia (Merriam) Blish, was b. 7 April, 1828, at Stamford, N. 
Y. She m. 8 Jvme, 1854. Daniel, s. of Thomas B. and Prudence 
(McGilliavrae) McLaury. He was b. 8 Ma\-, 1828, at Davenport, 
Delaware county, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 
iioo. + Cll.\RLES BLISH" McLAURY, b. 24 May, 1855. at New 

Brunswick. N. J. 
Tioi. CARRIE ADELIA^ McLAURY, b. 1? Sept. 1857. <L M Aug. 

1S58. 
1102. MARY ISABELLA' McLAURY. b. 20 Feby. 1859. 
iio3. LORANA ANN' McLAURY. b. 10 I'cby. 1861. d. Feby. 12, 

1861. 

Daniel B. McLaury was raised and schooled in New York 
State, and in 1854 settled in New lirunswick, N. J., and went ex- 
tensively into market gardening and small fruits. Some idea of 
the extent of his business may be gathered from the fact, that 
as high as 248 bushels of strawberries have been picked in one 
day. For man years the business was very profitable, high prices 
for choice fruits prevailing. Cultivated blackberries brought high 
prices from 1864 to 1869. In 1873-74 small fruits began to come 
from the south, northern fruit growers having seen the possibili- 
ties of that field, and this combined with a financial crisis, serious- 
ly injurefl the fruit business in the northern .states. Mr. McLaury 
retired froni the fruit business some years ago, devoting himself 
to real estate and insurance. 



224 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

Lorana Ann' (Blish) McLaury d. iG Feby, 1861, a few days 
after the birth of her last child, and is buried in Willow Grove 
cemetery, New Brunswick, N. J. 



894. MORILLA LOUISE" (BLISH) ABELL. 

(Aristarchus," Aaron, ^ David, ^ Tristram," Joseph,-' Abraham.') 

MORILLA LOUISE,' dtr. of Aristarchus" (383) and Nancy 
Cornelia (Merriam) Blish, was b. 15 Aug, 1831, at Stamford, N. 
Y. She m. 5 .A-pril, 1853, at Stamford, William Palmer, s. of 
Otis and Lucy (Stark) Aljell. He was b. 19 Aug. 1822, at Leba- 
non, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
U04. M.^RY LOUISE" ABELL, b. 10 May, 18=;=;. at Franklin. N. Y. 
U05. LILLIAN AUGUSTA" ABELL, b. 20 Fdiy. 1859. m. 9 Dec. 

1884. at Franklin. N. Y. lo Otis M. Bnnkman. 'Issue — William 

Abell Brink-man, b. 26 Janv. 1893. 
no(>. TULIA LORAN.V ABELL. b. 8 Jany. i86t. 

1 107. EMILY BLISH- ABELL. b. 15 Aug. 1863. 

1 108. ADALINE CHAMBERLAIN- ABELL, b. 16 Apr. 1872. d. 2Z 
Jany. 1884. 

William Palmer Abell d. 3 Feby, 1884, at Franklin, N. Y.. 
and is buried in ( )nleont Valley semetery. 



695. JOSHUA WEBSTER" BLISH. 
(Aristarchus," Aaron,'' David,* Tristram,'* Joseph,- Abraham.') 

JOSHUA WEBSTER,' s. of Aristarchus" (383) and Nancy 
Cornelia (Merriam) Blish, was b. 4 July, 1834, at Stamford, N. 

Y. He m. 10 June, 1869, Nancy L., dtr. of and 

Isabella (Blakely) Merwin. Had one boy who d. in Dec. 1871, 
at Minneapolis, Minn., aged 8 months. 

He m. (2) 25 Sept. 1873, Abigail A., dtr. of John and Salome 
(Rose) King. She d. 13 Feby. 1873, and he m. (3) 18 Oct. 1876, 
at Harpersfield, N. Y., Elizabeth Rose, dtr. of Thomas H. and 
Catharine (Rose) Smith. She was b. 27 Febv. 1850, at Kort- 
right, N. Y. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 225 

Joshua Webster" Rlish remained at home imtil he was about 
35 years old, when he went west and located near Minneapolis, 
Minn., which at that time was a small place. He had 200 acres 
of land and farmed it for three years, when serious illness com- 
pelled him to sell out and return to New York, where he has 
since remained. He now owns the farm which was his father's 
homestead, and about 300 acres, near South Kortright. 



697. EMILY FLORELLA' (BLISH) KING. 
(Aristarchus,' Aaron.'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

EMILY FLORELLA,' dtr. of Aristarchus" (383) and 
Nancy Cornelia (Merriam) Blish, was b. 23 Oct. 1840, at Stam- 
ford, N. Y. She m 1870, at Stamford, Ed- 
mund George, s. of John and Salome (Ro.se) King. He was b. 
1837, at Stamford. 

CHILDREN. 
I log. H.^RRTET MERRI.^M' KING, b. 19 Janv. 187^ 
II 10. WILLI.^M EDMUND' KING, b. 25 NoV. 1876. 
nil. HOWARD BLISH" KING. b. 22 Apr. 1880. 

John, the father of Edmund George King, was a native of 
Scotland, and came to America when young. He was a farmer 
and Edmund followed the same calling, keeping the old home- 
stead, which is still in the possession of the family. He d. 30 
Dec. 1888, at Stamford, and was buried at Hobart, N. Y. He was 
a man of high characer, sound judgment and generous nature. 



698. MORRIS FARRINGTON' BLISH. 

(Roderic Skinner," Aaron." David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

MORRIS FARRINGTON,' s. of Ro<leric Skinner" (384) 
and Florella (Farrington) Blish, was b. 16 Nov. 1827, at Rose's 
Brook, Delaware Co. N. Y. He m. 30 Sept. 1864, Sarah (Side- 
hotham) Macomber, widow of George Macomber. She was b 
at 



226 SEVENTH GENERATION. , 

CHILDREN. 
III2.+FRANK MAY,' b. 30 June, 1865, at Wilmington, JU. 
:iiji. PAULINE FORD," b. 6 Oct. 1868. 

Morris Farrington Blish was a grocer at Wilmington, 111. 



700. ANNA AUGUSTA' (BLISH) STEELE. 

(Roderic Skinner,'' Aaron,'' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,'- Abra- 
ham.') 

ANNA AUGUSTA,' dtr. of Roderic Skinner'^^ (384) and 
Florella (Farrington) Blish, was b. 10 Sept. 1833, at Rose's 
Brook, N. Y. She m. 6 Sept. 1853, at Prattsville, N. Y., Will- 
iam Robert, s. of Robert and Mahala (See) Steele. He was b. 
15 Jime, 1851, in New York City. 

CHILDREN. 

1116. LILLIAN AUGUSTA" STEELE, b. 21 Oct. 185+ m. 13 Oct. 

1874. William H. Cottingliam. 

in;. CARRIE ALETHA' STEELE, h. '.2 June, 1856. m. 27 July. 

1875. Alfred J. Hutnbcrstoin: 

118. FLORELL.V S TEELE, b. 10 Nov. 18^)7. d. 9 Oct. 1868. 
1 119. MABEL" STEELE, b. 16 June, 1871. m. 2 June, 1892, /. Wrwry 
King. 



709. DEMIS JANE' (BLISH) NORTON. 

(.Aaron Hosford,'' Roger,' David,' Tristram," Joseph,- Abraham.') 

DEMIS JANE,' dtr. of Aaron Hosford"^ (404) and Eunice 
Peckhani (Clark) Blish, was b. 31 May, 1841, at Glastonbury, 
Conn. She m. 1 April, 1861, at Hebron, Conn., Gilbert Burns, 
s. of William Henry and Harriet Eliza (Amidon) Norton. He 
was b. 2Q June, 1833, at S. Glastonbury, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
ii-'O. CHARLES EUGENE' NORTON, b. .\ Feby. 1862. at Marlbor- 
ough, (Zonn. 

1121. FRED HERBERP NORTON, b. 29 Mar. 1864. at Manchester. 
Conn. 

1 122. oris GILBERT" NORTON, b. 29 lune. 1866. at Marlborough. 
Conn, cl 5 June, 1H72, at Manchester. Conn. 



f BUSH GENEALOGY. 227 

1 123, ARIHl'R WILLARD" NORTON. 1). 17 May. 1871. at Man- 
chester. Conn. 

1124. HENRY MARSHALL' NORTON, b. 6 Dec. 1876. at Man- 
clipster. Conn. 

Gilbert B. Norton learned the machinist's trade, at Manches- 
ter, where his brother William was forehan. At Manchester, iG 
Dec. 1863. he enlisted in Co. H. 1st Conn. Heavy Artillery, and 
served through the civil war. At the close of the war he returned 
to Manchester and worked three years for the Union Mfg. Co. 
He then entered the employ of the Qieney Bros. Silk Mills, 
where he remained sixteen years, being foreman the last eight. 
His sons Charles and Fred learned the same trade under their 
father, and then started an independent shop in South JManchester, 
which they later sold to their father, the boys engaging in electri- 
cal work. Arthur graduated from the Hartford High School, 
in 1889. and Henry took a business course in Hartford. Gilbert 
B. Norton has been a Free Mason since he was a young man. 



711. ELLA ANNETTE' (BLISH) KEENEY. 

(Aaron Hosford." Roger,"' David,-" Tristram,-' Joseph,^ Abraham.' ) 

ELL.A ANNETTE," dtr. of Aaron Hosford" (404) and 
Eunice Peckham (Clark) Blish, was b. 17 July, 1845, at Glaston- 
burv. Conn. Shs m. 20 Sept. 1866, at Marlborough, Conn., Lorin 
Augustus, s. of Gera Goodell and Harriet Marilda (Post) Kee- 
ney. He was b. 7 July, 1845. at South Manchester, Conn. 

CHILD. 
1125. HER^LAN LORIN' KEENEY, 1). i.( Sept. 1868, at Mcnden, 
Conn. 

Lorin A. Keeney was schooled in South Manchester, where 
he remained until after marriage, when he moved to Meriden, 
Conn. He is a mechanic. His wife, Ella .•\nnette, d. 17 Nov. 
1894, at Meriden. of Bright's disease. 



228 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

712. HARRIET PRUDENCE' (BLISH) MILLER. 

(Aaron Hosford," Roger/' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,- Abraham.*) 

HARRIET PRUDENCE,' dtr. of Aaron Hosford" (404) 
and Eunice Peckham (Clark) BHsm, was b. 15 Dec. 1848, at 
Glastonbury, Conn. She m. 2^ Feby. 1871, at Meriden, Conn., 
Edward Gardner, s. of Harrison Plum and Lucy Rank (John- 
son) Miller. He was b. 23 Feby. 1850, at Meriden, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

1 126. EDNA M.VUDE" MILLER, b. 29 Nov. 1871. at Meriden, Conii. 

1127. CL.^R.X BLANCHARD' MILLER, b. 18 June, 187+ 

1 128. ALICE LAYETTE' MILLER, b. 24 July, 1881, at Shelton. 
Conn. 

Edward G. Miller was raised and schooled in Meriden, and at 
the age of i8 years, started to learn the britania and silverware 
trade. Shortly after completing his trade, he accidentUy .lost an 
eye, and for several years engaged in the grocery business. He 
then resumed his trade and worked at Shelton, Conn., and Rock- 
ford. Ills. He retui;ned to Meriden for a time, and in 1889 went 
to Lyons, N. Y., where he was superintendent of the Manhattan 
Silver Plate Company. He d. at Lyons, 9 Dec. 1893, of Bright 's 
disease. 



713. ROGER DUDLEY' BLISH. 
(Aaron Hosford," Roger,'' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,- .Abraham.') 

ROGER DUDLEY,' s. of Aaron Hosford" (404) and Eu- 
nice Peckham (Clark) Blish, was b. 22 June, 1849, at Glaston- 
bury, Coim. He m June, 1877, at Reading, Penn., Mary, 

<ltr. of John and Mary (Bright) Shaffer. She was b. 14 May, 
1846, at Reading, Penn. 

He ni. (2) 12 Jany. 1897, Emma J. Robinson. 

Roger D'. Blish lived in the town of Marlborough, until the 
age of 12, when his father moved to South Manchester, Conn., 
where he worked in the Qieney Bros, silk inills. until he was 18 
\-ears old. He then went to New Britain and learned the carpen- 
ter's trade. He ne.xt moved to Meriden, Conn., and worked for 
12 vears for Edward Miller & Co., as pattern maker. He then 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 229 

went to New Ha\xn and entered the employ of the Southern New 
England Telephone Co. as Supt. of the cable department, which 
position he has held for many years. 



717. .\LICE M.\RLV (BLISH) HALING. 

(Chauncey," Roger/' David,* Tristram.' Joseph,- .'\braham.') 

ALICE MARIA,' dtr. of Chauncey" (405) and Esther 
Maria (Slate) Blish, was b. 15 July, 1844, at Marlborough, Conn. 
She m. 30 May, 1869, Henry Bartlett, s. of Alfred and Sarah 
Elizabeth (Shuman) Haling. He was b. 24 Aug. 1842, at Marl- 
boro". 

CHILDREN. 

1 129. ARTHUR BUCKLAND" HALING, b. 3 Nov. 1871, at Marl- 
boro', Conn. 

1130. MILTON WILFRED' HAUNG, b. 4 Oct. 1873. 

Henry B. Haling received his education in the common and 
select schools of Marlboro', and worked with his father until the 
civil war broke out, when he enlisted in the loth. Regt. of Conn. 
Vols., and served four years. He was wounded in the charge on 
Fort Gregg, in the rear of Petersburg, Vir. Since the war he has 
followed the occupation of clerk and book-keeper. He represent- 
ed the Town of Alarlboro' in the State Legislature, in 1876. Has 
lived in Poquonock and South Manchester, at which latter place 
he has been book-keeper for Hale, Day & Co., for several years. 



718. HELEN ELIZ.V (BLISH) BUELL. 

(Chauncey," Roger,'' David.* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

HELEN ELIZA.' dtr. of CTiauncey" (405) and Esther 
Maria (Slate) Blish, was b. 30 Jany. 1849, at Marlboro', Conn. 
She was m. 4 June, 1874. by Rev. Saml. G. Willard, to Theron B. 
Buell. He was b. 25 July, 1844. 

CHILDREN. 

1 131. EDNA RUTH" BUELL, b. 25 Sept. 1875. at Marlboro', Conn. 

1132. EDITH ALICE' BUELL. b. 22 Feby. 1877. 



230 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

1133. ROBERT THERON' BUELL, b. 4 Dec. 1879. 
1 134- HELEN PEARL' BUELL, b. 8 Apr. 1882. 

Theron B. BucU was the adopted son of Capt. Augustus Blish 
.and his wife, DeHght Buell, and by virtue of their wills, succeed- 
ed to their farm and other property. He has been a former all 
of his lifetime and still resides in Marlboro'. He has held many 
local offices, and was at a recent date, clerk of the probate court. 



719. ESTHER JANE' (BLISH) JONES. 

(Chauncey," Roger, ^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ESTHER JANE,' dtr. of Giauncey" (405) and Esther 
Maria (Slate) Blish, was b. 15 -May, 1852, at Marlboro', Conn. 
She m. I June, 1871, at Salem, Conn., William Wallace, s. of 
William Timothy, and Mary Eliazabcth (Northam) Jones. He 
was b. 2 June, 1845, ^t Hebron, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

1135. CARLETON BLISH' JONES, b. 17 Oct. 1872, at VVillimantic. 
Conn. 

1 136. WILLIAM CLINTON' JONES, b. 21 Jany. 1879. at Hebron. 
Conn. 

1137. FITCH NORTHAM" JONES, b. i May, 1882. 

William W. Jones passed his youth on his lather's farm, near 
Colchester, Conn., and attended the district school. At the age 
of 15 he entered Bacon Academy in Colchester, graduating four 
years later. He then went into the grocery business with his 
brother in New York City, for three years, when he sold out and 
•returned to Hebron, and learned the mason's trade froin his father, 
which he followed with farming and lumbering, for 15 years, 
since which time he has been engaged in mercantile business, at 
Hebron. Has been select-man in Hebron for five years and held 
a number of minor offices. Is a prominent democrat and a mem- 
ber of the State Central Committee for the 23rd. Dist. and also 
on State Executive Cominittee. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 231 

726. HELEN ELIZA' (CARRIER) WILDER. 

(Harriet Eliza," Roger/' David.' Tristram,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

HELEN ELIZA,' dtr. of William and Harriet Eliza" (704) 
(Blish) Carrier, was b. 8 Jany. 1839, at Marlboro', Comi. She m. 
25 Dec. i860, at Cuba, N. Y., Giarles L. Wilder. He was b. 30 
April, 1840. 

CHILDREN. 

IMS. FRED STEVENS'^ WILDER, b. 8 Oct. 1862. d. 6 Jany. 1864. 

IM9. WILLIAM KENDALL" WILDER, h. 20 July, 1865. m. 2 
.Sept. i8t^. Kate A. Carrier. Is an engineer at Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

1(40. EDWARD CHARLES" WILDER, b. 16 Nov. 1867. Is a car- 
penter at Olean, N. Y. 

Charles L. Wilder was a farmer. He d. 9 Sept. 1890, at 
Vuba, N. Y. 



733. FRANK HOSFORD' BLISH. 

(Daniel," Roger,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph," Abraham.') 

FRANK HOSFORD,' s. of Daniel" (409) and Fanny Maria 
(Howe) Blish, was b. 9 Aug. 1857, at Marlboro', Conn. He m. 
25 Sept. 1896, at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Ella Agnes, dtr. of 
Samuel and Emma (Phillips) Cunningham. She was b. i Nov. 
1870, at Halifax, N. S. 

CHILD. 
1141. EDWIN ALLAN." b. 28 I'eby. 1901, at Marlboro'. Conn. 

I'Vank Ho.sford' Blish is a farmer, and lives on the old 
honiesteail in Marlboro', which has been in the family for over 
one hundred vcars. 



735. FREDERICK THOMAS' BLISH. 

(Daniel," Roger,^ David,' Tristram,' Joseph,' Abraham.') 

FREDERICK THOMAS,' s. of Daniel" (409) and Fanny 
Maria (Howe) I'.Iish, wa."; h. 31 July, 1868, at Marlboro', Conn. 



232 SEVENTH GENERATION. 

He m. 17 Aug. 1897, ^t Hartford, Conn., Edna Maria, dtr. of 
Albert William and Nellie (Brown) Hollister. She was b. i 
TDec. 1873, at South Manchester, Conn. 

CHILD. 

• 1142. FREDERIC THOM.^S," b. i Oct. 1898, at South Manchester. 
Conn. 

Frederic Thomas' Blish was educated at Bacon Academy, 
in Colchester, Conn., and also took a course at Eastman College;, 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He served an apprenticeship of two years 
in a hardware store in Willimantic, Conn., and worked at the- 
^ame business in Providence, R. I. He traveled for a New York 
hardware house some time and had charge of a store at North- 
ampton, Mass., for five years. Is now in the hardware business 
,for himself at South Manchester, Conn., where he has been since 
M894. 

699. HENRY MOORE^ BLISH. 

(Roderic Skinner," Aaron,^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph," Abra- 
Abraham.^) 

HENRY MOORE,^ s. of Roderic Skinner" (384) and Flor- 
ella (Farrington) Blish, was b. 9 June, 1830, at Rose's Brook, 
Delaware county, N. Y. He m. 3 Dec. 1856, in New York City, 
Rhoda Kelly. 

CHILDREN. 

1114. ELLA,' b 

ins ETTA,' b 



Henry Moore^ Blish spent his childhood at Rose's Brook, but 
developing a taste for commercial pursuits, when a young man, 
he went to New York City, where he has since resided. For many 
years he has been in the office of the Standard Oil Company, in 
New York. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 233 

EIGHTH GENERATION. 



800. JOSEPH* BLISH. 
(Joseph,' Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,'' Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

JOSEPH," s. of Joseph' (420) and Mehitable (Freeman) 
Blish, was b. 5 Jany. 1810, at W. Barnstable, Mass. He m. 4 
June, 1 83 1, at Waltham, Mass., Abigail Ingersoll, dtr. of William 
and Elizabeth (Ingersoll) Champney. She was b. 22 Feby. 1809, 
at 

CHILDREN. 

1 143. HENRIETTA", b. 10 July, 1832, at Waltham, Mass., d. at St. 

Louis. Mo., at the age of four years. 

1 144. JOSEPH", b. 5 Sept. 1834, at Philadelphia, Penn. After leav- 

ing school, he clerked for a time, then learned telegraphy and 
followed that occupation until the breaking out of the civil 
war, when he enlisted in Burgess' Sharp Shooters, in Mis- 
souri, and served through the war. He was discharged in 
the south, and went to Texas looking for employment, and 
was never heard of afterward. Diligent search was made 
for him. but no trace discovered. He is believed to have 
been murdered, as Texas, at that time, was not a safe place 
for union soldiers. 
:i4S+GE0RGE WILLIAM,' b. i Mar. 1837, at Rome. Ills. 

1146. + CAROLINE ELDRED," b. 4 June, 1840, at St. Charles. Mo. 

1147. + ALICE SISSON," b. 8 Jany. 1842, at Griswold's Landmg. 

Franklin county, Missouri. 
n48. + MARY EVALINE," b. 31 Oct. 1844- 
ii4g.+ELLEN," b. 19 Jany. 1847, at Earlville, Ills. 

1150. SUSAN DOW," b. 19 July, 1847, at Ottawa, Ills. 

1151. FRANCIS BRY,° b. 21 Feby. 1852, at LaSalle, Ills. After 

leaving school he was employed as clerk and book-keeper, 
and from 1881 to 1893. he was Asst. Cashier in the First 
Nat'l Bank, of LaSalle, Ills. He m. 20 June, 1893. at LaSalle, 
Marx Madaline, dtr. of Rev. George and Charlotte Branson, 
of Waterbury, Mass. Gradually failing health caused him 
to resign his position in the bank and move to Los Angeles, 
California. The change, however, was made too late, as he 
d. 23 June, 1898, and is buried in Los Angeles. His widow 
resides at Oak Park, a suburb of Chicago, and is a music 
teacher. 




Joseph* Bli.sh, at the age of si.xteen, went to Waltham, Mass. 
and learned the machinist's trade. In 1832, the year after his 



234 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

marriage, he removed to Philadelphia, Penn., and engaged in the 
manufacture of combs, very large back combs for ladies being 
then in vogue. From here he went to St. Louis, Mo., and en- 
gaged in merchandising. After a couple of years here he moved 
to Rome, Ills., in 1836. Rome at that time was thought to be 
the coming city of the Illinois river, being larger than Peoria. 
He ran a store here for two years, and then sold out and moved 
to Franklin county, Missouri, and in company with his father and 
brother, built a saw mill at Griswold's Landing, opposite Pinck- 
ney. In 1845 he moved to Earlville, Ills., where he remained 
about two years, and then went to Ottawa, Ills., where he remain- 
ed about the same time, and then moved to LaSalle, Ills., where 
he lived the rest of his life. 

Joseph" Blish was the seventh of the name in a direct line, 
and named his first son Joseph, but his son's unfortunate disap- 
pearance, broke the line. The compiler visited him at LaSalle, 
and can say, that he was a very genial and intelligent man, and 
remarkably well posted in family history. He d. at his home in 
LaSalle, 20 Jany. 1887. He and his worthy wife celebrated their 
Golden Wedding in 1881. 

Abigail Ingersoll (Champney) Blish, went to California with 
her son Francis, and d. at Los Angeles, on her wedding anniver- 
sary. 4 June, 1897. Her father, William Champney, (b. 5 Apr. 
1773) was a master ship builder in the Charlestown Navy Yard. 
He m. 17 May, 1795, and was accidentally killed at the launching 
of the frigate "Independence" 19 June, 1814. 



802. GEORGE" BLISH. 

(Joseph,' Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,'' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

GEORGE," s. of Joseph,' (420) and Mehitable (Freeman) 
Blish, was b. 5 May, 1816, at Pittston, Maine, He m. 31 May, 
1838, at Gasconade, Mo., Irene, dtr. of Elam and Irene (Eaton) 
Young. She was b. 10 Aug. 1818, at Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 

1 152. HENRIETTA MEHJTABLE,' b. 4 Feby. 1839, near St. Louis 

Missouri. 
1 1 53- WILLIAM LEONTINE FREEMAN,' b. 25 Nov. 1840, at 

Blish's Mills, Franklin County, Mo. 
1134. THOMAS SWIFT,' b. 18 Sept. 1842. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 235 

1 155. DAVID CROWELL." b. 17 Feby. 1844. 

y 1156. CHARLES,' b. 9 July, 1846. 

1157. PRESTON,' b. I Sept. 1848, in LaSalle Countv, Ills. 

1158. SARAH," b. II Nov. 1850, in Clermont County, Ohio. 

1159. ELIZABETH," b. 4 July. 1854, at West Union, Washington Co. 

Oregon. 

1 160. GEORGE CALVIN," b. 24 Dec. 1855. 

1 161. MARTHA STELLA." b. 6 May, 1859. 

1 162. MARY ANNA,' b. 26 Aug. 1861. 

George" Blish went to school at Pittston, Me., until ten years 
of age, when his parents removed to Bath, Me., where they re- 
mained about two years and then broke up house-keeping, his 
father going to Pawtucket, R. I., and he and his mother to Sand- 
wich, Mass. About 1837 he went to Missouri and was for over 
ten years engaged in saw-milling with his father and brother 
Joseph, and in farming. In 1852 he went to Oregon across the 
plains, and returning, started with his family, consisting of wife 
and three children. They went by way of the Isthmus of Pana- 
ma, reshipping on a steamer on the Pacific side for SanFrancisco, 
where they arrived in November. They went from there to Ore- 
gon, and settled at Hillsboro, and he went to farming, which he 
followed for twenty-seven years. In 1880 he moved to^ Whit- 
man county, Washington, where he remained until the death of 
his wife, Irene, which occurred 5 Apr. 1888, when he returned to 
Washington county, Oregon, living among his children. In 1891 
he went to Tekoa, Washington, to live with his daughter, Martha 



•803. RETURA .SIDNEY^ (BLiSH) WHITE. 

(Charles,' Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,' Abraliam.') 

RETL'RA SIDNEY,- dtr. of Dr. Charles' (421 ) and Rebec- 
ca .\nn ( McGrew) Blish, was b. 28 Dec. 1823, at Hampton. I'enii. 
She m July, 1846, Dr. David McConechy \\'hite. 

CHILDREN. 

I. CHARLES" WHITE, b. ,!. unm. 1865, of consumption. 

II. EMMA" WHITE, h. m. 17 May, i.S8(), at Columbus, 

Ohio. Saniiict lostcf. 
HI. WIRT" WHITE, b. 

IV. DAVID" WHITE, b. 

V. JOHN McGREW" WHITE, b 

; VI. HEBER" WHITE, b m. Nancy King 

Vn. SARAH ADELAIDE" WHITE, b Sept. i860. 



236 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

Ritura Sidney' (Blish) White, d. 1863, of 

consumption. t.\ . 



818. TEMPERANCE SHAW« (BLISH) LAWRENCE. 

(George.' Joseph," Joseph,'' Joseph,* Joseph," Joseph,- Abraham.') 

TEMPERANCE SHAW," dtr. of George (422) and Rebec- 
ca P. (Fish) BHsh, was b. at Barnstable, 28 July, 1826. She m. 
25 Mar. 1852, at Boston, Mass., William P., s. of Francis and 
Hannah (Wood) Lawrence. He was b. 15 Dec. 1826, at Nashua, 
N. H. 

CHILDREN. 

1 163. GRACE HELEN' LAWRENCE, b. 29 Dec. 1856, at Boston, 

Mass. She m. 14 Feby. 1893, Richard R. Beard, of Kenil- 
worth, Eng. 

1164. + KATHARINE FRANCES' LAWRENCE, h. 16 Jany. 1866, at 

Boston, Mass. 

Temperance Shaw^ (Blish) Lawrence, was a remarkably 
handsome woman and had a commanding presence. She was a 
devoted wife and mother, intelligent and well informed, and a 
delightful reader and conversationalist, and a typical illustration 
of the lines of Wordsworth, 

"A lovely woman, nobly planned. 
To warn, to comfort and command." 

She d. suddenly of heart trouble, i8 Sept. 1897, at West 
Newton, Mass., and is interred in Mt. Auburn cemetery, Cam- 
bridge, Mass. 



835. MARIA JANE' (BLISS) BAKER. 

(Owen,' Owen," Benjamin,^ Joseph,* Joseph," Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

MARIA JANE," dtr. of Owen,' (431) and Caroline (Jag- 
ger) Bliss, was b. 26 Feby. 1844, at Centerville, Mass. She m. 
17 -Aug. 1862, at Centreville, Mass., Clarence Linwood, s. of 
Alvan and Delaney (West) Baker. He was b. 19 Aug. 1842, at 

Osterville, Mass. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 237 

CHILDREN. 

1165. CHESTER LINWOOD' BAKER, b. 27 May, 1863, at Oster 

ville. 

1166. JENNHt MARIA' BAKER, b. i Mar. 1880. 

Clarence Linwood Baker was the son of a mariner, and fol- 
lowed the sea from boyhood, for thirty-five years, excepting that 
during the civil war, he served in the U. S. Navy. He retired 
irom the sea at the age of forty-six, and settled at Osterville, 
where he has held local offices. 



826. EUNICE LOVELL*" (BLISS) LEWIS. 

(Owen,' Owen," Benjamin," Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

EUNICE LOVELL,^ dtr. of Owen,' (431) and Caroline 
(Jagger) Bliss, was b. 4 Sept. 1846, at Centreville, Mass. She 
m. 20 Feby. 1866, at Osterville, Mass., John Wesley, s. of John 
and .\bigail Lewis. He was b. i Feby. 1841, at Osterville, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 
1 167 OWEN BLISS" LEWIS, b. 6 Dec. 1868. at Osterville. 
ri68. WALTER FRANKLIN' LEW^IS, b. 25 Mar. 1870. 
1109. RICHARD ELMER' LEWIS, b. 26 Sept. 1872. 



829. EUNICE REBECCA^ (BLISS) NEWELL. 

(Abraham,' Owen,'' Benjaniin,=' Joseph,' Joseph,-' Joseph," Abra- 
ham.') 

EUNICE REBECCA,* dtr. of Abraham' (438) and Mary 
Ann (Cornell) Bliss, was b. 17 Apr. 1843, at Providence, R. I. 
She m. 3 Oct. 1865, at Pawtucket, R. I., Edward Francis, s. of 
Francis and Eimice Louisa (Shepard) Newell. He was b. 8 
Nov. 1842, at Providence, R. I. 

CHILDREN. 

1 170. ABRAM BLISS' NEWELL, b. 30 Apr. 1867. at Providence, 

Rhode Island. 

1171. HENRY EDWARD" NEWELL, b. 10 Sept. 1869, at N. Scitu- 

ate, Rhode Island. 



238 EIGHTH GENERATKJN. * 

1 172. MARY LOUISA' NEWELL, b. 7 Nov. 1871, at N. Attleboro,. 

Mass. d. II Nov. 1873. 

1173. CHARLES ATWOOD' NEWELL, b. 5 July, 1876. d. 6 Feby. 

1878. 

1 174. FRANKIE" NEWELL, b. 10 July. 1888. d. same day. 

All are buried in Svvanpoint cemetery. Providence. R. I. 



852. LUCY' (BLISH) WHITE. 

(John, Jr.,' John," Stacy,' John,* Reuben,^ Joseph," Abraham.') 

LUCY," dtr. of John,' (473) and Mary (Stafford) Blish, 
was b. 12 June, 1846, at Vassalboro, Maine. She m. 30 Oct. 
1869, at China, Maine, Henry W., s. of William and Julia Ann 
(Goddard) White. He was b. 24 Nov. 1848, at Vassalboro. 

CHILDREN. 

1175. EMMA L." WHITE, b. 25 Jany. 1873. at Vassalboro, Mc. d. 

24 Sept. 1890, at Auburn, Me. 

1 176. MARY A." WHITE, b. 24 Dec. 1874, at Vassalboro. 

1177. CARL M." WHITE, b. 17 Aug. 1879. 

1178. HALE M." WHITE, b, 5 Jany. 1881, at Vassalboro, d. 17 Sept. 

i8go, at Auburn, Me. 

Lucy** Blish White received an academic education and was 
a very apt scholar. Spent a year in travel, after graduation. 
After her marriage she became very domestic and is entirely de- 
voted to her family. She has lived at Vassalboro, Skowhegan 
and Auburn, Me. Her brightness and vivacity make her a uni- 
versal favorite. 



853, GEORGE" BLISH. 

(John, Jr.,' John," Stacy," John,* Reuben,^ Joseph,' Abraham.') 

GEORGE," s. of John,' (473) and Mary (Stafford) Blish, 
was b. 4 Nov. 1847, at E. Vassalboro, Me. He m. 5 Apr. 1871, 
at Skowhegan, Me., Mary Ellen, dtr. of John M. and Betsy S. 
(Johnson) Nash. She was b. 4 Feby. 1845, at Hallowell, Me. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 239 

CHILDREN. 
1179 NELLIE EUGENIE," b. 4 May. 1873. at Chelsea, Mass. 
1 180. LIZZIE ADELIA," b. 25 .A.ug. 187s. at Gardner, Me. 

George' Blish received a good education and has traveled 
considerable in the United States. He is a mason and plasterer 
and also a baker by trade, and has done well at all of them. He 
is now in the bakery business. 



854. .ARTHUR' BLISH. 

(John, Jr.,' John," Stacy,'' John,^ Reuben,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

ARTHUR," s. of John,' (473) and Mary (Stafford) Blish, 
was b. 18 Oct. 1853, at E. Vassalboro, Me. He m. 3 May, 1879, 
at Arlington, Mass., Ella P., dtr. of Eben P. and Emma R. (Run- 
nels) Goddard. She was b. 2 Jany. 1859, at S. Vassalboro, Me. 

CHILDREN. 

iit<i IN \ U: h. 4 Dec. 1880. at Getchell's Corner. Vassalboro. 
1 182. ETHEL M.' b. 6 Oct. 1883. 

Arthur" Blish is a mason by trade, but has a farm at Getchell's 
Corner, where he farms and raises fruit, and also at times works 
at his trade. Was schooled at Oak Grove seminary, \assalboro, 
Maine. 



857. JOHN ARTHUR' BLISH. 

(Samuel,' John,'"' Stacy," John,* Reuben,' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

JOHN ARTHUR," s. of Capt. Samuel,' (474) and Mary 
Harris (Calder) Blish, was b. 3 June, 1849. He m. 13 Mar. 
1872, at E. Vassalboro, Me., Jennie Emma, dtr. of John and Hes- 
ter (Trembly) Brown. She was b. 27 Dec. 1851, in New York 
City. 

CHILDREN. 

1183. ELSIE B." b. 3 July, 1873. 

1 184. EDW.^RD A." b. 25 Feby. 187S. d 

1 185. ALFRED A." b. 10 June, 1876. 

1186. SAMUEL F." b. 28 June. 1878. d 

1187. HESTER C b. 14 June, 1883. 



240 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

John Arthur^ Blish is an architect at New Brunswick, N. J., 
and has followed that calling for twenty years. 



858. CAROLINE AGRY« (BLISH) THOMPSON. 

(Byron Samuel,' James," Stacy," John,* Reuben,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.*) 

CAROLINE AGRY,8 dtr. of Byron Samuel,' (485) and 
Annie (Morris) Blish, was b. 7 Jany. 1856. She m. 14 June, 
1876, Hon. Geo. Lee Thompson. 

CHILDREN. 
ii88. JOHN WHALEN" THOMPSON, b. i6 June, 1877. 
1189. ANNIE AUGUSTA' THOMPSON, b. 12 Aug. 1879. 
iigo. GEORGE LEE' THOMPSON, Jr. b. 26 Nov. 1881. 



860. ANNA MORRIS* (BLISH) HELLYER. 

(Byron Samuel,' James," Stacy,'' John,* Reuben,'' Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

ANNIE MORRIS," dtr. of Byron Samuel,' (485) and An- 
nie (Morris) Blish, was b. 27 Feby. i860. She m. 5 Mar. 1885, 
Thomas Waterman Hellyer. 

CHILDREN. 

I. MORRIS" HELLYER, b. 6 Mar. 1886. d. 21 Oct. 1890. 

II. LAWRENCE" HELLYER, b. 27 Feby. 1893. 
in. MARJORJE" HELLYER, b. 26 June, i8g6. 



863. ANSEL GRANVILLE" COOK. 

(Harriet Ann Hoit,' William," Stacy,^ John,'' Reuben,-' Joseph.' 
.^.braham.') 

ANSEL GRANVILLE," s. of Capt. William and Harriet 
Ann Hoit ' (Blish) Cook, was b. 18 Apr. 1862, at Glasgow, Scot- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 241 

land. He m. 30 June, 1891, at Framingham, Mass., Anna Hunt- 
ington, dtr. of Charles and Ellen Louisa (Hay ward) Richardson. 
She was b. 13 June, 1861, at Framingham, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

1191. KATHARINE GARY' COOK, b. 21 Aug. 1894, at Hartford. 

Conn. 

1192. ELLEN RICHARDSON' COOK, b, 16 Nov. 1896. 

1193. HARRIET HUNTINGTON" COOK, b. 31 Mar. 1897. 

Ansel Granville" Cook was educated at Mitchell's School for 
boys, at West Tisbury, Mass., and the Friends Academy, New 
Bedford, Mass. He graduated from the College of Physicians 
and Surgeons in New York City, in 1887. After serving as house 
doctor at the Hartford Hospital and taking some special surgical 
courses in New York, he began the practice of medicine in Hart- 
ford, Conn., in 1889, and was appointed on the staff of the Hart- 
ford Hospital. Later he dropped general practice in order to de- 
vote himself exclusively to surgery, for which he has a special 
talent. He is visiting surgeon to the Hartford Hospital and a 
member of several medical societies, notably of the American 
Orthopedic Association, the Conn. State Medical Society, and 
others, and is .Asst. Surgeon to the 1st Company of the Gover- 
nor's Foot Guard. Personally Dr. Cook is tall, with large dark 
eyes, frank and simple in his manner, rather slow of speech, but 
with a keen sense of humor and a capital story teller. He occu- 
pies a prominent position in the surgical world in his state. 



879. ERNEST LUVERNE' BLISH. 

(William Lorin,'' Elisha," Ezra," Sylvanus,'' Tristram,' Joseph,-" 
Abraham.') 

ERNEST LUVERNE,'' s. of William Lorin (512) and Jane 
(Smith) Blish, was b. 30 Jany. 1878, at Willimantic, Conn. He 
m. 14 Sept. 1899, Martha Fry, dtr. of Fred H. and Sarah Brown. 
She was b. 3 May, 1877. at Westley, R. L 

CHILDREN. 

1347. ELIZABETH BELL,° b. 11 July, 1900, at Willianiantic, Conn. 

1348. EDNA IRIAN,' b. 3 Feby. 1903. d. 28 July, 1903. 

1349. HELEN INEZ." b. 31 Jany. 1904. 



242 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

881. DVvTGHT FRANK"* BLISH. 

(Henry Francis,' Robert Stiles," Ezra," Sylvanus,* Tristram,* 
Joseph,-' Abraham.') 

DWIGHT FRANK,* s. of Henry Francis,' (513) and Sa 
rah (Freeman) Blish, was b. 7 May, 1847, at WilHmantic, Conn. 

He m 1871, at Willimantic, Wilhelmine, dtr. of Philip 

and Philopena (Adams) Graff. She was b. 5 June, 1849, '" Ger- 
many. 

CHILDREN. 

1194. + FRANK DWIGHT," b. 9 Aug. 1872. at Willimantic, Conn. 

1195. HARRY GRAFF," b. 25 Nov. 1881. 

Dwight Frank* Blish attended school at Willimantic and 
finished at Greenwich, R. I. Also took a course at the Commer- 
cial College at Hartford. He then took a place with his father, 
where he remained during his father's life, and succeeded to the 
business, which he still follows. 



883. HATTIE ESTELLA* (BLISH) YOUNG. 

(John Lester,' Robert Stiles,"^ Ezra,' Sylvanus,* Tristram,^ Jos- 
eph," Abraham.') 

HATTIE ESTELLA,* dtr. of John Lester,' (515) and Ma- 
ria (Mayor) Blish, was b. 2 Apr. 1865, at Stafford Springs, 
Conn. She m. 26 June, 1888, at Willimantic, Conn., Frederic, s. 
of Chipman and Hannah Maria' (Blish) Young. He was b. 9 
Sept. 1 861, at Windham, Conn. 

CHILD. 
1 196. LAURA ESTELLA" YOUNG, b. 20 July, 1892 

Frederic Young, after leaving school, learned the machin- 
ist's trade, and followed it for some years. He then became sup- 
erintendent of the electric light plant, in Willimantic, a very 
re'^-jionsible position. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 243 

921. CHARLES JEROME" BLUSH. 

(Jerome Pitkin,' Oliver," Amasa,° Josepli,* Tristram," Joseph,' 
Abraham.') 

CHARLES JEROME," s. of Jerome Pitkin,' (581) and 
Angeline (Lathrop) Blush, was b. 3 Aug. 1854, at Middlefield, 
Alass. He m. 20 Jany. 1883, at Middlefield, Kate Dwyer, dtr. of 
John and Eliza Morrison. She was b 

CHILDREN. 

1197. ARTHUR ROY,' b. 4 Dec. 1883, at Middlefield. 

1198. M.-\RY OPHELIA," b. 26 Jany. 1885. 

1 199. JULIA ETTA," b. 27 Apr. 1887. 

1200. LENA ELIZABETH." b. 18 Apr. 1891. 
Reference — Middlefield, Mass. Tn. Rec. 



926. .MARTHA REBECCA" (NEWELL) BOYNTON. 

(Mary Wilcox,' Daniel," David,^ David,* Tristram," Joseph,* 
Abraham.') 

MARTHA REBECCA," dtr. of Daniel B. and Mary Wil- 
cox ' (Blish) Newell, was b. 13 June, 1832, at Jay, N. Y. She 
m. 17 May, 1857, John S., s. of John Boynton, formerly of 
Weathersfield, Vermont. 

CHILDREN. 

1201. LETTIE" BOYNTON, b. 29 July. 1858, at Peru, N. Y. 

1202. LUCY" BOYNTON, b. 3 Mar. 1861. d Sept. 1862. 

1203. JOHN S." BOYNTON, b. 6 Mar. 1863, at Jay, N. Y. d 

1204. ABRAHAM LINCOLN" BOYNTON, b. 3 May, 1865, at Peru, 

N. Y. 

1205. DANIEL NEWELL" BOYNTON, b. 16 Dec. 1867, at Jay. 

N. Y. 

1206. MOLLIE N." BOYNTON, b. 24 May, 1870. 

1207. BEULAH L." BOYNTON, b. 24 Apr. 1873. 



928. BEULAH BLISH* (NEWELL) BULL. 

(Mary Wilcox,' Daniel," David,^ David,* Tristram,-' Josepli." 
Abraham.') 



244 , EIGHTH GENERATION. 

BEULAH BLISH,« dtr. of Daniel B. and Mary Wilcox^ 
(Blish) Newell, was b. 12 Apr. 1836, at Jay, N. Y. She m. 17 
May, 1S60, Benjamin S. Bull. 

CHILDREN. 
1208. IRVING J." BULL, b. 30 July, i86l. at Minneapolis, Minn. 

i2oq. MARY NEWELL" BULL, b. Nov. 1864. 

1210. BENJAMIN" BULL, b June. l86g. 



933. DAVID" BLISH. 

(Daniel,' Daniel," David,^ David,^ Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

DAVID,** s. of Daniel,' (613) and Mary Houghton (Bruce) 
Blish, was b. 8 Apr. 1841, at Jay, Essex county, N. Y. He m. 
15 Mar. 1863, at Jay, Elizabeth, dtr. of William and Mary Ann 
(Lewis) Hickok. She was b. 2^ May, 1843, ^^ Wilmington, N. 
Y. 

CHILDREN. 
1216.+DANJEL WILLIAM," b. 2 Jany. 1867, at .\ppleton, Wis. 
I2I7.+ERNEST,° b. 2 Nov. 1877, at Poygan, near Omro, Wis. 

David*' Blish went to school at Jay, and aKso attended the 
Keesville Academy, N. Y., and the Academy in Chester, Ver- 
mont. He taught school at Jay, N. Y. and at Appleton and Poy- 
gan, Wisconsin. He was in the sash and door business at Apple- 
ton and at Oinro and Poygan, twenty-nine years in all. He was 
six years in the Government employ at Poygan. He removed 
to Englewood, Ills., in 1891, and opened a flour and feed store, 
and still continues in the same business. He was deacon of the 
First Baptist church in Appleton. Wis., and Town Clerk at Poy- 
gan. His wife, Elizabeth (Hickok) Blish, taught school at 
Wilmington, Jay and Black Brook, N. Y., and at Poygan, Wis. 
She was also post-mistress at Poygan six years. David Blish 
has been a member of the I. O. O. F. since 1865, and his wife is 
a Rebecca. 




LILLIAN NLXKTHA (BLLSHi 1^URMC>KT. 



BLISH GENE.\LOGY. 245 

935. LILLIAN .\L\RTHA"- (BLISH) PURMORT. 

(Daniel/ Daniel," David," David,* Tristram,' Joseph,' Abraham.') 

LILLIAN MARTHA," dtr. of Daniel,' (613) and Mary 
Houghton (Bruce) Blish, was b. 13 Feby. 1849, at Jay, N. Y. 
She m. 12 Nov. 1867, at Jay, N. Y., Henry C, s. of Adoniram J. 
and Amanda B. (Jordan) Purmort. He was b. 15 Dec. 1845, at 
Jay. 

CHILD. 
1218. EUGENE H.' PURMORT. b. 13 July, 1872. at Chicago, III. 
d. IS July, 1872. 

Lillian .Martha^ Blish was educated in the State Normal 
Scliool, at Albany, N. Y. and taught two terms at Jay, before her 
marriage, which occurred at the age of eighteen, in the same house 
in which her father was born. She is State Regent of the United 
States Daughters of 1812, and a member of the Society of May- 
flower descendents. Daughters of the American Revolution, and 
other organizations and an enthusiastic genealogist and historian. 
She is also interested in many local charities and other good 
works in Chicago and is a tireless worker. 

Henrv C. Purmort finished his education at the Fairfax Sem- 
inary, \'t., and later graduated from Eastman's Busmess College 
at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in Mar. 1863. After clerking for a time, 
he entered the office of Jay Gould at Rutland, Vt., where he 
gained considerable experience. Coming to Chicago, he worked 
for some time in the office of the C, B. & Q. R. R. In 1867 he 
went into the lumber business for T. W.Harvey, and later was 
with Palmer, Fuller & Co. In 1880 he started in the same busi- 
ness on his own account, and has been verv successful. 



936. FRANK DANIEL' BLISH. 

(Daniel.' Daniel," David,'' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,^ .Abraham.') 

FRANK D-ANIEL,"* s. of Daniel' (613) and Mary Hough- 
ton (.Bruce) Blish, was b. 30 June, 1852, at Jay, N. Y. He mar- 
ried 5 Dec. 1878, at Chicago, Ills., Alice Margaret, dtr. of George 
P. and Christine (Buck) Bay. She was b. 14 Feby. 1858, at Qn- 
cago, Ills. 



246 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

CHILDREN. 

1219. BEULAH BAY,' b. 7 Mar. 1880, at Englewood, Ills. 

1220. PHILIP EUGENE,' b. 9 July. 1881. 

1221. ALICE FRANC," b. 7 June, 1891. 

Frank Daniel' Blish went to school in Jay, N. Y., and finish- 
ed his schooling at Poughkeepsie. He is very literary in his 
tastes and has been a contributor to several magazines and papers, 
notably the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Journal, the Leaf, the Hu- 
mane Journal, the Current, and others. He was for many years 
the editor of the Dickens Club Review, published at Englewood. 
He is a great reader and has never let his other work interfere 
with his interest in books and literature. His poems possess 
great merit and are worthy of preservation. His occupation has 
been that of book-keeper, collector and manager with Peter De- 
vine's Boiler Works, for over twenty years, until the death of the 
head of the firm, when we bought the machinery and continued 
the business until 1898. For several years he has been in the 
real estate business. His wife, Alice, is a graduate of the Engle- 
wood High School, and both are members of the Acorn Club, and 
Dickens Qub, of Englewood. 



937. MARY EMOGENE« (JONES) BULL. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David," David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.^) 

MARY EMOGENE," dtr. of Pierpont Edwards and Beu- 
lah' (Blish) Jones, was b. 2 Oct. 1843, at Jay, N. Y. She m. 
29 June, 1862, at Jay, Seth James, s. of Benjamim and Sally 
(Johnson) Bull. He was b 22 Oct. 1833, at Jay, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1222. CORA ALICE* BULL, b. 30 May, 1864, at Jay, N. Y. 

1223. MARY EUGENI.V BULL, b. 21 Feby. 1867. 

1224. BENJAMIN ROBERT" BULL, b. 16 June, 1869. 

1225. PIERPONT' BULL, b. 30 Mar. 1876. 

1226. HARRY" BULL, b. 5 Aug. 1882. 

Seth James Bull is a farmer and has held many local offices 
in his town. 




HENRY C. PURMORT. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 247 

939. DANIEL BLISH* JONES. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David,' David,* Tristram," Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

DANIEL BLISH,^ .s. of Pierpont Edwards and Beulah' 
(Blish) Jones, was b. 7 Nov 1846, at Jay N. Y. He m. 24 Feby. 
1878, at Plattsburg, N. Y. Ehzabeth, dtr. of Michael and Jaae 
(Devine) Cunningham. She was b. 26 Feby. 1852, at Jay. 
They have no children. Daniel Blish Jones grew to manhood 
on his father's farm. In the fall of 1870 he went to Minneapo- 
lis, Minn., and remained two years. In the spring of 1872 he 
went to St. Mary's Co., Maryland, under a contract with a rail- 
road company. In the spring of 1879 he returned to Minneapo- 
lis, where he has since resided. 



940. MARGARET ELECTA" (JONES) THOMPSON. 

(Beulah," Daniel," David,' David,* Tristram,' Jos»ph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

AlARGARET ELECTA,^ dtr. of Pierpont Edwards and 
Beulah' (Blish) Jones, was b. 7 July, 1848, at Jay, N. Y. She 
m. 15 May, 1872, at Jay, William Casper, s. of William and 
Adele (Wolfe) Thompson. He was b. 10 Sept. 1845, at Lewis. 
Esex Co. N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1227. WILLLAM LaRHETT" THOMPSON, b. 18 June, iS8i. at 

Minneapolis, Minn. 

1228. SHIRLEY PIERPONT" THOMPSON, b. 9 June, 1892. 

William Casper Thompson was raised on his father's farm 
and attended the local schools. In the fall of 1867 he began work- 
ing at the watchmaker's and jeweler's trade, at Greenwich, N. Y. 
He followed this for fifteen \cars. the greater part of the time be- 
ing located at Port Henry, N. Y. In the fall of 1878 he removed 
to Minneapolis, Minn., where he still resides. Since 1881 he has 
been engaged in electrical work, being the senior member of the 
Minneapolis Electrical & Construction Company. On his 
mother's side he is of German descent, his great grandfather, 



248 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

Caspar Wolfe, came over with the Hessians to aid the British 
in the Revolutionary War, and was a cousin of General Wolfe. 
His grand father, James Wolfe, served in the American army in 
the war of 18 12. 



941. LYDIA MINERVA*' (JONES) CAMPBELL. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David,"* David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

LYDIA MINERVA,* dtr. of Pierpont Edwards and Beulah' 
(Blish) Jones, was b. 7 July, 1850, at Jay, N. Y. She m. 25 June, 
1873, at Jay, Rev. Woodley Williamson, s. of John and Sally 
(Bush) Campbell. He was b. 31 July, 1843, ^t Busti, Chautau- 
qua Co., N. Y. 

CHILD. 

.^n infant son, unnamed, b. 8 .'Kpr. 1881, at Secunderabad, Deccan, 
India, and d. 12 Apr. 1881. 

Woodley Williamson Campbell grew to manhood on his 
father's farm at Busti, N. Y. During the latter part of the civil 
war he was connected with the Christian Commission, and for a 
short time taught a school for colored people in North Carolina. 
Subsecquently he spent seven years at Hamilton, N. Y., and 
graduated from both the collegiate and theological departments 
of Colgate University. After his marriage, in 1873, he and his 
wife went to the Telegu Mission, in southern India. After some 
time, spent in acquiring the language, they settled at Secunderbad, 
and opened a new work. This was in the Nizam's domains, with 
about 400,000 subjects, all Mohammedans or Hindus. For 
seven years they worked faithfully and untiringly, sowing the 
seed of the Gospel of Christ, when Mrs. Campbell's health failed 
and they were obliged to return to America. Mr. Campbell re- 
mained a year, and then returned to his work in India. For six 
years more he labored unceasingly, in his chosen field, to the 
great detriment of his health. Undue e.xposure and the effect 
of the climate brought on disease from which he never recovered 
He returned in 1888, and two years were spent in efforts to re- 
cover his health, with only partial success. In 1890 he accepted 
the pastorate of the Baptist church at Waverly, Iowa, and served 





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them two years. He then went to Cedar Falls, Iowa, for medi- 
cal treatment, but gradually grew worse and died there 2 Nov. 
1893. Since his death Mrs. Campbell has devoted herself to the 
missionary cause, lecturing and soliciting aid. In this work she 
has traveled extensively over the United States, and her knowl- 
edge of the people of India, with the large collection of Indian 
dresses, jewelry, idols and other curios, which she uses, make her 
lectures both instructive and interesting. She is still engaged 
in this work. 



942. ELIJAH BROWN« JONES. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David,'' David,' Tristram,-' Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

ELIJ.\H BROWN,^ s. of Pierpont Edwards and Bculah^ 
(Blish) Jones, was b. 22 Alar. 1852, at Jay, N. Y. He m. 19 
Apr., 1 88 1, at Brooklyn, N. Y., Emma Caroline, dtr. of W. H. 
and Justine (Morgan) Bjorkman. She was b. 15 Aug., 1855, 
in New York. 

CHILD. 
1229. JUSTINE BEULAH" JONES, b. 6 Feby. 1892, at Brewster, 
N. Y. 

Elijah Brown Jones graduated from Colgate University, 
Hamilton, N. Y., in June, 1877. He was ordained in the Bap- 
tist Ministry, at Ticonderoga, N. Y., 20 Dec, 1877, as pastor at 
that place. Has had pastorates also at Brewster, N. Y., Cin- 
cinnati, Toledo, and Newark, Ohio. Has been a member of the 
Board of School Examiners, at Newark, and for three years re- 
cording Secretary of the Ohio Baptist convention. He was later 
located at Owatonna, Minn., as pastor of the Baptist church. Is 
a fluent speaker and is frequently called upon for meinorial ser- 
mons by the G. A. R., and other addresses. Is also a lecturer of 
considerable repute, and his lectures, "Light and Shade," "The 
People We Meet," 'The Literature of the Dust." and "John 
Brown and His Work," are highly spoken of. 



250 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

943. NATHAN HENRY' JONES. 

(Beulah/ Daniel," David,'' David,* Tristram,'' Joseph,- Abra- 
ham.') 

NATHAN HENRY,'* s. of Pierpont Edwards and Beulah" 
(Blish) Jones, was b. i Dec, 1854, at Jay, N. Y. He m. 24 
Feby., at Granville, N. Y., Ida Louise, dtr. of Augustus and 
Lydia (Palmer) Dekalb. She was b. 9 Oct. 1855, at Granville. 

CHILDREN. 

1230. LYDIA BEUL.AH INDEPENDENCE' JONES, b. 4 July, 

1876, at Granville, N. Y. 

1231. JENNIE LOUISE" JONES, b. i Apr. 1889, at Plattsburgh, 

N. Y. 

Nathan Henry Jones has followed the jeweler's trade since 
arr!\ing: at manhood, and was for twelve years connected with the 
business of William Reed at Plattsburgh, N. Y. Upon the death 
of Mr. Reed, in 1897, the entire care and management of the busi- 
ness fell upon Mr. Jones and he conducted it for three years, first 
for the benefit of the widow and at her death he closed it out for 
the heirs. He is now in business for himself at Middle Granville, 
N. Y., near which he owns a farm, on which he resides, going 
daily to the Village to attend to his business. He was a charter 
member of the Sons of 1812 in New York, a member of the 
Society of Mayflower Descendents and an enthusiastic genealogist 
and family historian. He was a member of the official board of 
the M. E. church in Plattsburgh for fourteen years, and served 
as recording steward for twelve years. He is also a Mason of 
prominence and a member of Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mys- 
tic Shrine of Troy, N. Y. He has taken great pains to give his 
daughters the benefit of a good education, and his oldest daughter, 
Lydia, taught in the schools of Tarrytown, N. Y., and is now 
teaching in the State Normal School at Geneseo, N. Y. 



944. BEULAH BLISH* (JONES) TOMLINSON. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David,'^ David," Tristram,' Joseph.- Abra- 
ham.') 

BEULAH BLISH,'' dtr. of Pierpont Edwards and Beulah' 




LVDIA M. (JONES) CAMPBELL. BEULAH B. (JONES) TOMLINSON. 

BEULAH (BLISH) JONES. 

OILMAN MACK JONES. N.\ IH \N HENK\ JONES. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 251 

(Blish) Jones, was b. 18 Jany., 1857, at Jay, N. Y.. She m. 3 
Nov., 1880, at Jay, Daniel, s. of Daniel and Eliza (Kerr) Tom- 
linson. He was b. 11 June, 1852, at Willsborough, Essex Co., 
N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1232. EDW.VRD DANIEL BLISH' TOMLINSON. b. 26 Sept. 1885, 

at VVilliiborough, N. Y. 

1233. R.\LPH WALDO" TOMLINSON, b. 21 May, 1887. 

1234. WILLIAM OILMAN" TOMLINSON, b. 25 Aug. i8go. 

Daniel Tomlinson has followed teaching for many years. 
He has been principal of several schools in Essex Co., N. Y., and 
at Bloomington, Nebraska. 



945. GILMAN MACK" JONES. 

(Beulah,' Daniel," David,' David,* Tristram,' Joseph,- Abra 
ham.') 

GIL.MAN ?.fACK,- s. of Pierpont Edwards and Beulah' 
(Blish) Jones, was b. 6 Oct., 1862, at Jay, N. Y. He m. 25 Dec, 
1889, at the Taylor St. Methodist church, in MinneapoHs, Minn., 
Nellie Morton, dtr. of Thomas and Elizabeth (Valentine) Mc- 
Kay. She was b. 16 July, 1871, at Minneapolis, Minn. 

CHILDREN. 

1235. LAURENCE OILMAN" JONES, b. 7 Feby. 1892, at Minneap- 

olis, Minn. 

1236. RALPH THOMAS' JONES, b. 22 Oct. 1893. 

Gilman Mack Jones atended school at Jay, with one year at 
the Lawrenceville Academy In the fall of 1862 he went to 
Minneapolis, Minn., and shortly afterwards entered the employ 
of the Brush Electrical Co. Two years later, he, with his 
brother-in-law, W. C. Thompson, and L. L. Sanford, formed the 
Alinncapolis Electrical & Construction Co., doing general elec- 
trical business and carrying electrical supplies. He is still en- 
gaged in this business. 



252 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

946. WILLIAM GILBERT* BLISH. 
(Daniel,' David," David,^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.') 

WILLIAM GILBERT,* s. of Daniel' (621) and Julia Ann 

(Gilbert) Blish, was b. 26 Oct., 1842, in Silver Creek Tp. Cass 
Co. Mich. He m. 16 Dec, 1865, at Dowagiac, Mich., Mary E., 
dtr. of Elijah and Nancy (Willet) Godfrey She was b. 29 Dec. 

1843, in Kent Co., Mich. 

The early years of William Gilbert' Blish were spent on the 
farm where he was born. He taught school for a time and also 
learned the machinist's trade. In deference to his father's wishes, 
after his marriage, he settled on a farm, but his dislike of farming 
and his fondness for mechanical pursuits, caused him to quit 
farming after two years, and he moved to Buchanan, Mich., to 
work at the machinist's trade. He remained there until the 
spring of 1873, when he moved to Niles, Mich., where he has 
since resided, there taking up the watchmaker's and jeweler's 
trade. He has not confined himself, however, to his chosen oc- 
cupation, and has been for a number of years a member of the 
American Microscopical Society, and since 1884 a member of 
both the American and British Associations for the Advancement 
of Science. He is a hater of humbugs and superstitions, and 
especially active in combatting spiritualism and clairvoyance and 
is an agnostic in religion. He has held many local offices, such 
as member of the school board and board of public works in 
Niles, but has always declined political nominations. 

Mary E. (Godfrey) Blish, losing her father at the age of 
eleven, early developed self reliance, and at the age of fourteen 
began teaching a district school. Later she learned the milliner's 
trade, working for her board and spending the day in the store. 
She was an indefatigable worker, rising early and retiring late. 
For one year and a half after her marriage she lived on the farm. 
after which she again engaged in the millinery business, until 
failing health compelled her to give it up. She was of a kind 
and sympathetic disposition, abhoring quarrels or contentions of 
any kind. An invalid for twelve years, she endured it patiently 
and calmly planned for the inevitable. She died 30 Apr., 1899, 
at Niles, Mich. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 253 

947. EMILY^ (BLISH) COREY. 
(Daniel,' David,'' David,'' David,' Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

;EM1LY," dtr. of Daniel" (621) and Julia Ann (Gilbert) 

Dlish. wa.s b. 2-j .-Vug., 1846, in Silver Creek Tp. Cass Co., Mich. 
She m. 26 Sept., 1869, Charles, s. of Marcena and Lucinda 
(Hardy) Corey. He was b. 23 June, 1847, at Springtaeld, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

I2.V- GEORGE D.~ COREY, b. 8 Jany. :872. in Sliver Creek Town- 
ship, m. June, i8y;. Jennie Stnffvrd, and has one child. Is 
in the emplov of the Michigan Central R. R. 

1238. \VTLLL'\M M> COREY, b. 9 Sept. 1874- 

Emily" Blish lived at home until she was married, excepting 
three years spent in the schools of Niles and Dowagiac. After 
her marriage she and her husband lived on the farm with her 
husband's parents. They remained there until 1887, when they 
moved to Dowagiac. She and her husband are prominent mem- 
bers of the Methodist church of Dowagiac. 



948. DAVID" BLISH. 

(Daniel,' David," David,'' David.' Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.M 

DAVID,** s. of Daniel' (621) and Julia Ann (Gilbert) 
Blish, was b. 14 Sept. 1853, in Silver Creek Tp. Cass Co. Mich. 
He m. 18 Sept. 1873, in Wayne Tp. Cass Co. Mich., Sarah, dtr. 
of George and Jane (Allen) Whitbeck. She was b. 17 Dec, 
1853, in W'ayne Township. 

CHILDREN. 

1239. IVA M." b. 12 Febv. 1875, in Silver Creek Twp. She m. 2,? 

Febv. 1898, IV. H.' Fee, of Chicago. 

1240. H.-\RRY D." b. 21 Oct. 1880. 

1241. F.'\NNY,° b. 21 Feby. 1887, at Dowagiac, Mich. 

David Blish's early life was spent on the farm and in school. 
He finished his education in the high school at Buchanan, Mich. 
After his marriage he continued at farming, until the fall of 1881, 
and in the following spring moved to Dowagiac and engaged in 
the hardware business, in which he remained ten years. In the 



254 



EIGHTH GENERATION. 



spring of 1893 he returned to the old homestead, which had been 
deeded to him, with the request that it should remain in the 
family name. Five years later he removed near Dowagiac to 
secure greater school privileges for his children. His oldest 
daughter, Iva, went from the high school at Dowagiac to the Col- 
lege at Benton Harbor, Mich., and from there to the Art Insti- 
tute, in Chicago. 



949. FRANK" BLISH. 

(Daniel,'' David,'"' David,'' David,* Tristram," Joseph,- Abraham.') 

FRANK,** s. of Daniel' (621) and Julia Ann (Gilbert) 
Blish, was b. 18 Sept., 1862, in Silver Creek Tp., Cass Co., Mich. 
He m. 3 June, 1885, at Buffalo. N. Dakota, Alberta, dtr. of 
Jacob and Amelia (Beadell) Waldorf. She was b. 4 Nov., 1866, 
at Dickinson's Landing, Ontario, Canada. 

CHILDREN. 

1242. HELEN VERN.A.' b. 11 June, 1887, at Buffalo, N. Dakota. 

1243. HERBERT FR.'\.NKLIN,' b. 23 Nov. 18S9. 

1244. EMMA MAY," b. ii Nov. 1892, at Fargo, N. Dakota. 

Frank* Blish followed farming most of his life. He went 
to Buffalo, N. Dakota, in the spring of 1880, and bought a farm 
in 1 88 1, and worked it for eleven years, and then rented it and 
moved to Fargo, and later to Enderlin. He died of typhoid fe- 
ver, II Dec, 1899, 3t Lisbon, N. Dakota, and is buried at Dow- 
agiac, Mich. 



950. ROBERT IRWIN* BLISH. 

(David," David," David,' David,* Tristram,'^ Joseph, '^ Abraham.') 

ROBERT IRWIN,^ s. of David' (622) and Adaline S. 
(Irwin) Blish, was b. 23 Aug., 1841, at Green Bay, Wis. He m. 

24 July, 1868, at St. Louis, Mo., Lillian Qara Little. 

CHILDREN. 
124s. CHARLES MUNGER,' b. 15 Apr. 1869, at Salem, Ills. 
1246. WILLIAM IRWIN," b, 28 Nov. 1876. at St. Louis. Mo. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 255 

Robert Irwin iilish d. 25 Feby., 1879, at St. Louis, Mo. 



957. CAROLLXE AUGUSTA" (CARPENTER) WOOD. 

(Mary Jane,' David,'' David,' David,' Tristram,' Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.') 

CAROLINE AUGUSTA," dtr. of Dr. John Fuller and 
Mary Jane' (Blish) Carpenter, was b. 22 June, 1845, at Law- 
renceville, N. Y. She m. 5 May, 1870, at Whitehall, N. Y., 
Warren Corbin, s. of Elijah and Phebe (Corbin) Wood. He 
was b. 2 Nov., 1837, at Brasher, N. Y. 

They have no family. 

Caroline Augusta" Carpenter attended school in the old Law- 
renceville Academy, and taught school for four years before her 
marriage. 

Dr. Warren Corbin Wood took the degree of A. B. at Mid- 
dlebury Colege. Vt., in 1865, and that of M. D. at the Massashu- 
setts Medical College. He practiced medicme for eleven years 
at Brasher Falls, N. Y., and since in Niagara Co. N. Y., mostly 
in Lock-port. 



960. DR. FRANK BLISH" CARPENTER. 
I, Emily,' David," David,'' David,^ Tristram,' Joseph,-' Abraham.') 

FRANK BLISH," s. of Dr. John Fuller and Emily' ( Bli.sh) 
Carpenter, was b. 15 Sept., 1853, at Lawrenceville, N. Y. He m. 
14 Oct. 1902, in New York City, Kate Christine, dtr. of Amzi 
Lewis Camp. 

Frank Blish" Carpenter graduated from Williams College in 
1878, with the degree of A. B., and graduated from the New 
York University Medical College in 1881. From the sprmg of 
1881 until the fall of 1882 he was interne in the City Hospital in 
New York. From 1883 to 1895 he was lecturer in Dermatology 
at the New York Post Graduate Medical School, and is Dermat- 
ologist to the DeMill Dispensary and the N. Y. Episcopal Or 
phan's Home. He is a member of the N. Y. State Medical So- 
ciety, City Hospital Alumni Society, and the X. Y. Congrega- 



256 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

tional Club. He was one of the organizers of the N. Y. Medi- 
cal Alliance for the scientific study of the elTect of alcohol in 

health and disease, and is an opponent of all alcoholic stimulants. 
His standing in his profession is deservedly high. 



961. CHARLES DAVID'* CARPENTER. 

(Emily," David," David,"' David,* Tristram,-' Joseph,- Abraham.') 

CHARLES DI\TD," s. of Dr. John Fuller and Emily^ 
(Blish) Carpenter, was b. 7 Sept. 1856, at Lawrenceville, N. Y. 
He m. 19 Oct. 1881, at Everett, Newago Co., Mich., Eva Janett, 
dtr. of Howard W. and Janett (Van Syckle) Wiltse. She was b. 
14 May, 1S57. at Croton, Mich. 

CHILDREN. 

1247. HOWARD WILTSE" CARPENTER, b. 10 Jany. 1886, at Big 

Rapids, Mich. 

1248. GLENN BUSH' CARPENTER, b. 31 Mar. 188S. 

Charles David"* Carpenter attended the Lawrenceville, N. Y. 
Academy, and prepared himself for a civil engineer and then 
taught school for two winters. He came to Michigan when he 
was eighteen years of age and in 1879 engaged in mercantile bus- 
iness, which he has continued with success. He has been one of 
the leaders in the development of the business interests of Big 
Rapids. Was six years president of the Big Rapids Develop- 
ment company; also president of the Falcon Mfg. Company for 
several years, and vice-president of the Board of Trade of Big 
Rapids, and many other positions of trust. While in New York 
City in Sept. 1898, he received a telegram from the Governor of 
Michigan to the Secretary of War, by which he was enabled to 
give substantial assistance to the 33rd and 34th Regiments of 
Michigan troops on their return from Cuba, for which service 
he received letters of thanks and acknowledgement from the Gov- 
ernor. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 257 

968. MEEDY SHIELDS* BLISH. 

(John Hedding,^ John,' David," David,* Tristram,» Joseph,* Abra- 
ham.*) 

MEEDY SHIELDS," s. of John Hedding' (641) and Me- 
-ab Ann (Wales) Blish, was b. 14 Dec. 1855. at SejTOour, Ind. He 
m. 26 May, 1897, Belle, dtr. of Lyman and Mary (Dickinson) 
Everingham. She was b. 2 June, 1871, at Milwaukee, Wis. 

CHILDREN. i 

1249. JOHN LYMAN,* b. 27 Jany. 1901, at Seymour, Ind. 

1250. MEEDY W. SHIELDS,' b. 6 Nov. 1902. 

Meedy Shields* Blish is at the head of the Blish Milling Com- 
pany, at Seymour, Ind. He is also President of the Indiana Mil- 
lers' Insurance Association, with which he has been connected for 
many years. 



969. EMMA MERAB* (BLISH) THOMPSON. 

(John Hedding,^ John,' David," David,* Tristram,' Joseph,' Abra- 
ham.^) 

EMMA MERAB,* dtr. of John Hedding,' (641) and Me- 

rab Ann (Wales) Blish, was b. i June, 1858, at Seymour, Ind. 

She m. II May, 1881, Elbridge Gerry, s. of James and Mary 

Elizabeth Thompson. He was b. 25 Mar. 1853, at Frederickton, 

Hew Brunswick. 

CHILDREN. 

1251. ELBRIDGE BLISH* THOMPSON, b. 2 Aug. 1882, at Sey- 

mour, Ind. 

1252. MARGUERITE DICKINSON' THOMPSON, b. S June, 1887. 

Elbridge Gerry Thompson d. 11 July, 1889. 



971. LUCY SHIELDS' (BLISH) HUMBERT. 

(John Hedding,' John,« David," David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.^) 

LUCY SHIELDS,* dtr. of John Hedding' (641) and Me- 



258 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

rab Ann (Wales) Blish, was b. 8 Oct. 1862, at Seymour, Ind. 
She ni. 14 Nov. 1888, William Carr, s. of Edward C. and Ellen 
Humbert. He was b. i June, 1858, at Brooklyn, N. Y. 

CHILD. 

1253. JOHN" HUMBERT, b. 2 Feby. 1890, at Seymour, Ind. 



973. ALBERT ELIJAH'* BLISH. 

(Elijah Hedding,' John,« David,^ David,* Tristram,' Joseph,' 
Abraham.') 

ELBERT ELIJAH,^ s. of Elijah Hedding^ (643) and Mary 
(Smith) Blish, was b. 20 Dec. 1863, at Franklin, N. H. He m. 
4 Oct. 1885, at Janesville, Wis., Annie, dtr. of Abraham and Han- 
nah Tift't. She was b. 2-] May, 1859, at Janesville, Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

1254. MARY PEARL," b. 14 Aug. 1886, at Johnstown Centre. Rock 

Co., Wis. 

1255. HARRY BENJAMIN HARRISON," b. 31 Oct. 1888. at Janes- 

ville, Wis. 

1256. CLARA HAZEL," b. 28 May, 1890. d. 7 Jany. 1894. 

1257. IDA MYRTLE," b. 17 Apr. 1891. 

Albert Elijah" Blish, after the death of his mother, lived with 
a man named Levi Knepper, and went to school for about three 
years. Then worked on a farm summers and went to school 
winters. After his marriage he went to work for the Janesville 
Gas company and remained there three years; then learned the 
mason's trade, which he has followed ever since, and is now tak- 
ing contracts for such work, in partnership, the firm name being 
Elish & Brown. 



8'79. TIMOTHY HUBBARD^ BLISH. 

(Timothy Austin,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,^* David,* Tristram,' 
Joseph," Abrahani.') 

TIMOTHY HUBBARD,^ s. of Timothy Austin' (651) and 
Eleanor Maria (Hills) Blish, was b. 18 June, 1833, at So. Man- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 259 

Chester, Conn. He was m. 30 Sept. 1856, at Eastbury, Conn, 
by the Rev. Aaron Snow, to Harriet J. Strickland. 

CHILDREN. ; 

1258. CARRIE JANE." b. 28 Aug. 1866. at Eastbury. 

1259. SHERMAN H.» b. 28 May, i868.d. 24 July, 1870. 

Timothy Hubbard'* BHsh has been a farmer all of his life 

and still occupies the old homestead of his father in East Glaston- 
bury, Conn. He enlisted in the Union forces in the civil war, 14 
Aug. 1862, in Co. A, 21st Conn. Vols. He was captured by the 
Confederates 16 May, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff, Vir. ; was paroled 
6 Dec. 1864 and discharged 10 June, 1865. 

References — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rec, Eastbury, Conn. 
Ch. Rec. mid Conn. Men in the Rebellion. 



980. PRUDENCE CORNELIA' (BLISH) ANDREWS. 

(David Dwight,' Aaron Hubbard,* Thomas," David,* Tristram,* 
Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

PRUDENCE CORNELIA,*' dtr. of David Dwight^ (652) 
and Fanny Cornelia (Goslce) Blish, was b. 23 Apr. 1839, at E. 
Glastonbury, Conn. She m. 23 Sept. 1857, George C, s. of 
Chauncey and Electa (Hunt) Andrews. He was b. 22 May, 
1834, at Glastonbury. 

CHILDREN. 

1260. CHAUNCEY BLISH' ANDREWS, b. ig Sept., 1861, at Glas- 

tonbury, Con. 

1261. WALTER CONE' ANDREWS, b. i Jany. 1865. 

1262. ALLEDO STRATTON" ANDREWS, h. 7 June, 1868. 

1263. DWIGHT HUBBARD" ANDREWS, b. 7 Mar. 1877. 

George C. Andrews was a farmer, in Glastonbury, Conn.. 
until the spring of 1892, when he sold his farm and moved to 
Hartford and engaged in the grocery and market business, which 
he continued during the remainder of his life. He d. in Hartford, 
Conn., 9 June, 1900. 



26o • EIGHTH GENERATION. 

981. JOHN DWIGHT« BLISH. 

(David D wight,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas^'' David,* Tristram,* 
Joseph,'' Abraham.*) 

. JOHN DWIGHT,' s. of David Dwight' (652) and Fanny 
CbrneUa (Goslee) Blish, was b. 16 Apr. 1843, ^t Eastbury, Conn. 
He was m. 10 Nov. 18G4, at Buckingham, Conn., by Rev. Israel 
Carlton, to Mary L., dtr. of Nathaniel Walker. 

I CHILDREN. 

1264. CHARLES HUDSON.' b. i Oct. 1867. d. 35 Dec. 1867. 

1265. DWIGHT WALKER,' b. 10 Feby. 1869. m. 13 Oct. 1894' at 

So. Manchester, Conn., Alice E. Chafife. 

1266. ALBERT DAVID,' b. 10 Nov. 1879- 

1267. MARY CORNELIA,' b. 8 Dec. 1883. 

Mary L. (Walker) Blish d. 23 May, 1886, and John Dwight 
Blish m. (2) II Nov. 1886, Florella Francenia, dtr. of David Per- 
rin and Mary Elizabeth (Robbins) Porter. There is no issue of 
the second marriage. 

John Dwight* Blish has been a farmer all of his life, though 
he has worked some at wagon-making. He lives near Bucking- 
ham P. O., in Glastonbury, Conn. 

References. — Glastonbury, Conn. Tn. Rec. and Eastbury Ch. 
Hec. 



983. JOANNA AUGUSTA' (BLISH) COREY, 

(David Dwight,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas," David,* Tristram,' 
Joseph," Abraham.') 

JOANNA AUGUSTA,* dtr. of David Dwight' (652) and 
Fanny Cornelia (Goslee) Blish, was b. 20 Oct. 1850, at Eastbury, 
Conn. She m. 3 Nov. i86g, William Dallas, s. of William and 
Caroline (Wier) Corey. He was b. 10 Oct. 1845, at New Lon- 
don, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 
i2i%. FANNY CORNELIA' COREY, b. 19 Feby. 1871, at Eastbury, 

Conn. m. 27 Apr. 1892, George Seymour Beckwith. 
1269. HARLAN WIER" COREY, b. 15 Jany. 1873. m. 5 Sept. 1898. 

Mary D. Rau. They have had one one child, George W. 

Corey, b. 26 Oct. 1900, and d. 22 July, 1901. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 261 

1270. JOSIE BLISH" COREY, b. 3 Dec. 1876. m. 15 June, 1898, 
Samuel f. Fitch. They have a little girl, Hazel C. Fitch, b. 
22 Jany. 1900. 

William Dallas Corey is a farmer and coal burner, and has 
also worked in the stockinet mills at Addison, Conn. 



984. RUSH HUBBARD' BLISH. 

(Aaron Hubbard, Jr.,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,'^ David,* Tris- 
tram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

RUSH HUBBARD,' s. of Aaron Hubbard' (653) and Clara 
(Bingham) Blish, was b. 19 Oct. 1842, at Guilford, Conn. He 
m 1870, at Boston, Mass., Eliza 

CHILDREN. 

1272. CARRIE,' b. 6 June, 1871, at Boston. 

1273. HENRY A.' b. 19 Sept. 1874. He is m. and has worked for 

many years in the Faneuil Hall market in Boston. 

Rush Hubbard" Blish was a printer and worked in Provi- 
•dence, R. 1., Chicago, 111., and Boston, Mass. 



987. HIRAM HUBBARD' BLISH. 

(Hiram Hale,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas," David,* Tristram,* 
Joseph," Abraham.') 

HIRAM HUBBARD,' s. of Hiram Hale' (654) and Mary 
A. (Peck) Blish, was b. 7 Jany. 1842, at So. Manchester, Conn. 
He m. 3 Apr. 1865, at New London, Conn. Lena, dtr. of Rev. 
William H. and Sophia A. (Whittemore) Havens. She was b. 
II Oct. 1845, at New London, Conn. 

CHILD. 
1279. WILLIAM H.* b. Dec. 1865, at So. Manchester, Conn. 

Hiram Hubbard' Blish, was a musician and leader of the 
Wheeler & Wilson band. He enlisted 18 April, 1861, 
as a musician, in Co. D, 1st Regt. Conn Vols, and was 
engaged for the regimental band. He was mustered out 31 July, 



252 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

1861, and re-enlisted 4 Aug. 1861, from Manchester, Conn., in 
the band of the 14th Infty. Regulars. He was discharged 13 
May, 1864. He was also a teacher of music on the piano and 
other instruments. He d. 19 Dec. 1871, at Bridgeport, Conn., of 
consumption, and is buried in Manchester. 

Reference — Conn, in the Rebellion. 



989. TIMOTHY HALE« HODGE. 

(Sarah Janett,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,"* David,* Tristram,' 
Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

TIMOTHY HALE,« s. of Elijah and Sarah Janett' (Blish) 
Hodge, was b. 12 July, 1842, at Glastonbury, Conn. He m. 14 
June, 1886, at Eastbury, Conn., Maria Ellen, dtr. of Jeremiah' 
Champion and Emily (Matson) Weir. She was b. 3 Feby. 1842, 
at East Glastonbury, Conn. 

They have no children, but adopted a son, Kenneth Evans Hodge, b. 
3 July, 1878, at Hartford, Conn. 

Timothy Hale^ Hodge received his education in the common 
schools of Wassuc. He served three years in the 21st Regt. of 
Conn. Vols, in the civil war. He has held many local offices in 
his town, and is highly respected. 



990. MARTHA ANN^ (HODGE) HUNT. 

(Sarah Janett,' Aaron Hubbard," Thomas,'' David,* Tristram,* 
Joseph,- Abraham.') 

MARTHA ANN,^ dtr. of Elijah and Sarah Janett' (Blish) 
Hodge, was b. 9 July, 1844, at Glastonbury, Conn. She m. 29 
Dec. 1864, Chauncey Tyler, s. of William and Clarinda M. 
(Maine) Hunt. He was b. 3 June, 1843, at Bolton, Conn. 

CHILDREN. 

1280. OLIN ELIJAH" HUNT, b. 31 Dec. 1866, at Bolton, Conn, 

1281. CHARLES CLINTON" HUNT, b. 29 May, 1868. 

1282. LENA MAY" HUNT, b. 9 July, 1873. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 263 

1283. EDITH EOLA' HUNT, b. 29 May, 1876. 

1284. EVA BELLE' HUNT, b. 28 Sept. 1881. 

1285. DAISY ViIOLA" HUNT, b. 10 May, 1883. 

1286. RAYMOND EARLE" HUNT, b. 11 Apr. 1888. 

Chauncey Tyler Hunt in his earlier years was a peddler, liv- 
ing at Bolton. In 1869 he moved to Berlin, Conn., and ran a 
meat market. In 1871, on account of the failing health of his 
father, he returned to Bolton. He was here a justice of the 
peace for several years. In 1893 he removed to Rockville, Conn., 
and engaged in the bakery business. 

Olin Elijah" Hunt, at the age of twenty-one was elected to 
represent his town in the Conn. Legislature, where he was called 
•'the baby of the house". He had before been station agent at 
Bolton for some time, and later was ticket agent at Putnam. 

Charles Qinton" Hunt is a stenographer and book-keeper in 
New York City. 



1001. ADALINE ELIZABETH^ (TALCOTT) EMERSON. 

(Wait Talcott,' Dorothy," Thomas," David,' Tristram,^ Joseph,' 
Abraham.') 

ADALINE ELIZABETH,' dtr. of Hon. Wait (658) and 
Elizabeth Anna (Norton) Talcott, was b. 12 Oct. 1837, at Horse- 
heads, N. Y. She m. 7 Sept. 1858, Ralph Emerson. 

CHILDREN. 

1287. ADALINE ELIZA" EMERSON, b. 13 Aug. 1859, at Rockford 

Ills. She m. lo Jany. 1883, Norman Frederick Thompson, who 
was b. 27 June, 1856, at Perry, Georgia. Their children are: 

I. Norman Frederick'" Thompson, Jr., b. 14 Mar. 1884, 
at Rockford. 

II. Ralph Emerson"' Thompson, b. I Feby. 1888. 

HI. Adalyn'" Thompson, b. 4 Dec. i88g, at E. Orange, 
N. J. 

1288. HARRIET ELIZABETH' EMERSON, b. 8 Mar. 1861. She 

m. 31 Dec. 1885, William Ellas Hincliliff; who was b. 27 
Dec. 1857, at Chicago, 111. Their children are — 

I. Hariet Elizabeth'" Hinchliff; b. 24 Oct. 1887, at 
Chicago. 

II. Ralph'" HinchlifT, b. 20 Mar. 1889. 

HI. Jeannette Belle'" Hinchliff. b. I July, 1890, at Rock 
ford. 

IV. William'" Hinchliff. and 

V. Emerson'" Hinchliff. b. 2 Jany. 1892, (twins). Wil- 

liam d. 17 Feby. 1893. 



i264 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

VI. Dorothy'" HinchlifF, b. 29 Sept. 1893. 

1289. MARY' EMERSON, b. 6 Apr. 1863. She m. 20 Dec. 1890. 

Edward Potter Lathrop, who was b. 6 July^ 1863. He is a law- 
yer and resides in Rockford. 

1290. CHARLOTTE BELLE' EMERSON, b. 22 Jany. 1865. She 

m. 27 Apr. 1898, Dr. Darwin Mills Keith, who was b. 15 Oct 
1867. He is practicing physican in Rockford. They have had 
one child — Belle Keith, b. and d. 21 Feby. 1899. 

1291. RALPH' EMERSON, Jr., b. 25 Sept. 1866. He was instantly 

killed, 25 Aug. 1889, while heroically defending his father's 
property from fire. Though but twenty-three years of age, he 
had shown such rare executive ability that his sudden death 
was a shock to the entire community. A beautiful memoir of 
his life was gotten out by his mother. 

1292. DORA BAY' EMERSON, b. 7 Mar. 1869. She m. 28 June, 

1898, William Morton Wheeler, who was b. 19 Mar. 1865. 
He is an instructor in Embryology in the University of Chi- 
cago, where they reside. 

1293. JOSEPH EMERSON, b. 2 Aug. 1870, at Cleveland, Ohio. d. 

same day. 

1294. WAIT TALCOTT' EMERSON, b. 18 Aug. 1874, at Rockford. 

d. same day. 

Adaline Elizabeth" (Talcott) Emerson, is a graduate of Rut- 
ger's College, New York City, class of 1856. She is a descendent 
of a long line of patriots and pioneers, the earliest of whom land- 
ed at Plymouth from the Mayflower in 1620. Another line 
founded the city of Hartford and the State of Connecticut, while 
still others are identified with the Massachusetts and Connecticut 
colonies. By reason of her culture and executvie ability, she has 
' been repeatedly called to occupy positions of importance, in phi- 
lanthropic, patriotic and social organizations, not only in Rock- 
ford, but in the State and National organizations, as delegate or 
representative, in Europe as well as America. 

Her printed volumes, "Love Bound and Other Poems," and 
the Memorial of her son Ralph, attracted much attention and are 
''highly spoken of. 

In club life, Mrs. Emerson is a member of the American Au- 
thor's League, and is officially connected with the State Federa- 
tion of Clubs. She has also for many years been a member of 
"The Fortnightly" of Chicago, a purely literary club, and the 
"Monday Club" of Rockford, and is Second Vice-President of 
the Rutger's College Alumnae Association, of New York. In 
philanthropic work her activity is unlimited. She was one of the 
leading spirits in establishing a hospital in Rockford, giving 
largely both tim.e and means, and has been one of the Board of 
Directors ever since it was incorporated, in 1883. She is also 
Vice-President of the "Woman's Board of the Interior," and 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 265 

Vice-President of the "Woman's Home Missionary Union", the 
latter two of Qiicago, most of which offices have been held for 
many years. The latest public recognition of Mrs. Emerson's 
executive ability was during the Spanish-American war when she 
was appointed, without previous consultation, by the Governor of 
Illinois, as Vice-President for the Si.xth Supreme Judicial Dis- 
trict, to organize an Army and Navy League, for the relief of the 
sick or wounded at the front, and their families at home. Mrs. 
Emerson was the only woman thus honored, and through her en- 
thusiasm and push, the Winnebago County League was the first 
one organized in the state. 

Ralph Emerson, Sr., has been for many years identified with 
the manufacturing and business interests of Rockford, and the 
leading spirit in the firm, and later company, known as "Emerson. 
Talcott & Co.," which has already been noted in connection with 
to Hon. Wait Talcott. (p. 201). 



1002. WILLIAM ARIEL'* TALCOTT. 

(Wait Talcott,' Dorothy," Thomas," David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,* 
Abraham.') 

WILLIAM ARIEL,^ s. of Hon. Wait' (658) and Elizabeth 
Anna (Norton) Talcott, was b. 28 Sept. 1839, a-t Rockton, Ills. 
He m. 25 Sept. 1862, at Ft. Atkinson, Wis., Fanny Caroline, 
dtr. of Mile and Sally (Crane) Jones. She was b. 2 Nov. 1840, 
at Ft. Atkinson, Wis. 

CHILDREN. 

1295. AMELIA" TALCOTT, b. 28 Nov. 1863, at Rockford, III. d. 

I Aug. 1866. 

1296. WAIT' TALCOTT, Jr. b. 6 May, 1866. He m. 16 Nov. 1887, 

Grace, dtr. of Alexander Duncan and Elizabeth {Ostrum) 
Forbes. Their children are — 

I. Wait'" Forbes, b. 15 Nov. 1888, at Rockford, III. 

II. William Ariel"' Forbes, b. 25 June, i8gi. 
ILL Elizabeth'" Forbes, b. 12 Apr. 1894. 

1297. FREDERIC" TALCOTT. b. 10 Nov. 1868. d. 20 Sept. 1869. 

1298. WILLIAM ARIEL" TALCOTT, Jr., b. 25 Feby. 1871. He was 

a graduate of the class of 1893 in .A-lmherst college, standing 
very high, not only in his regular studies, but as a fluent and 
ready debater and speaker and as an athlete. He led the 
college in boxing, fencing and in the half mile run, and was 
half back in the football team for three years. He was also 
the leader of the banjo club for the college. He took a post- 
graduate course of one year and then entered the Harvard 



266 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

Law School, from which he graduated in the summer of 1897. 
, The following September he entered the law office of Eaton 

! i& Lewis, in New York City, and was admitted to the bar 

7 Feby. 1898. While in Harvard he became a member of the 
I Boston Cadets, and he enlisted 29 Apr. 1898, in Co. M, 71st 

N. Y. Vols., for the Spanish-American war. He served 
through the Santiago campaign and was with the battalion that 
reached the top, upon San Juan hill. While still before San- 
tiago he was appointed 2nd Lieut, of Infty. in the U. S. ser- 
vice to rank from the gth of July, 1898, and was assigned to 
■ the 7th Regiment. Although apparently well when he started 

. . on the return trip, he was taken sick during the voyage and 

was greatly reduced upon his arrival at Camp Wykoff, Long 
Island. He was taken to the detention hospital Aug. 15th, and 
eleven days later was taken to Watch Hill., R. I., where he d. 
I Sept. 1898, of malarial fever and its attendant complications. 
His remains were interred in Rockford, where his death cast 
a gloom over the entire community. 

1299. ELIZABETH' TALCOTT, b. 10 Sept. 1872. d. 23 Aug. 1878. 

1300. FANNY" TALCOTT, b. 14 Apr. 1878. d. 24 Jany. 1885. 

William ArieF Talcott, though born in Rockton, spent the 
greater part of his life in Rockford, where, from the time he 
reached manhood until his death, he was intimately associated 
with the business interests of the city, and also active in all public 
enterprises. He was chusen Trustee of Rockford College in 
1883, and was President of the Board of Trustees, from 1894 
until the time of his death. In 1888 he became a member of the 
Executive Committee and for the following twelve years only 
those associated closely with him can form an estimate of the 
lavish personal care and constant attention which he bestowed 
upon the business of the college. His home was the center of 
hospitality for the faculty, students and friends of the college, and 
the presence of Mr. Talcott and his wife, added charm to all the 
social occasions of the year. Mr. Talcott had, in a peculiar de- 
gree, the faculty of making friends, and there is no more distinc- 
tive mark of the service he rendered the college, than the long list 
of friends and donors he gained for it. His own benefactions 
were most generous. During his Presidency he exercised all the 
resources at his command in elevating the school to the independ- 
ent rank and character of an institution dedicated to the higher 
education of women. His business life has already been men- 
tioned in connection with the account of his father, Hon. Wait 
Talcott. In every walk of life the simplicity and sincerity of Mr. 
Talcott's character have challenged the respect and admiration of 
all vi'ho have had the pleasure of knowing him. Without doubt 
his life was shortened by burns which he received several years 



BLISH GENEALOGY, 267 

ago, in a heroic endeavor to save Miss Alice Tobey, who was 
burned to death at a Rockford College reception. He never fully 
recovered from the shock and in June, 1900, went abroad with his 
wife, hoping to gain strength by travel. He died 19 Dec. igoo, 
in Jerusalem, Palestine. 

Fanny Caroline (Jones) Talcott has occupied a prominent 
position in the social and literary circles of Rockford. She was 
State Regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution, but 
resigned the position soon after the death of her husband. 



1004. MARY CARTER' (TALCOTT) PETTIBONE. 

(Wait Talcott,' Dorothy," Thomas,'* David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,* 
Abraham.') 

MARY CARTER,' dtr. of Hon. Wait' (658) and Elizabeth 
Anna (Norton) Talcott, was b. 4 Sept. 1845, at Rockton, Ills. 
She m. 28 June, 1866, Philo Foster, s. of Philo C. and Louise 
(Foster) Pettibone. 

They have no children. 

Mary Carter' (Talcott) Pettibone early manifested unusual 
musical talent and became a very expert pianist. In Chicago she 
has been active in musical and club life. She is a prominent mem- 
ber of the West End club, and some seven years ago organized 
the West End Club Chorus, which under her leadership, has been 
a great success. She has guided the chorus through all styles of 
music from simple ballads to intricate musical dramas. "The 
Lady of Shalott" was produced a few months since and was such 
a success that it was repeated. The chorus has shown its appre- 
ciation of her efforts by presenting her with a beautiful baton of 
ivory, silver and ebony. The chorus consists of twenty-six mem- 
bers of the club and their special badge is a sixteenth note, done 
in silver and enamel. 

Philo Foster Pettibone graduated from Beloit College in 
1862, since which time he has been in business in (Thicago, being 
the senior member of the stationery house of P. F. Pettibone & 
Co. He is a man of fine literary attainments and was at one time 
on the (Thicago Board of Education. 



268 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

1011. THOMAS ARTHUR** HERSEY. 

(Prudence Hubbard' Talcott, Dorothy/' Thomas/ David/ Tris- 
tram/ Joseph,- Abraham/) 

THOMAS ARTHUR/ s. of Samuel (Jr.) and Prudence 
Hubbard'' (Talcott) Hcrsey, was b. 17 Apr. 1855, at Rockton, 111. 
He m. 2 Dec. 1885, at Woodland, So. Dakota, Helena Josephine, 
dtr. of Martin and Paulina (Czopick) Bartell. She was b. 26 
Aug. 1858, at Geneseo, 111. 

CHILDREN. 

1301. HARRY BARTELL" HERSEY, b. 18 Sept. 1886, at Warren. 

So. Dakota. 

1302. PRUDENCE HUBBARD' HERSEY. b. 14 May, 1888. 

1303. ARTHUR VAN" HERSEY, b. 19 Oct. 1889. 

1304. THOMAS TALCOTT" HERSEY, b. 15 May. 1891. 
1303. RALPH EMERSON" HERSEY, b. 8 Mar. 1895. 

Thomas Arthur" Hersey spent his early years on a farm near 
Beloit, Wis. On the 8th of Oct. 1870, he had the misfortune to 
lose his right arm in a threshing machine. He then began attend- 
ing Beloit High School and spent one year in the College, after 
which he began teaching, which he followed for ten years. In 
1883 he went to Dakota and took up a homestead, and has since 
followed farming and stock raising, draft horses and Polled Dur- 
ham cattle being his specialties. 



1014. HARRIET ADALINE" (HERSEY) VAN TASSEL. 

(Prudence Hubbard' Talcott, Dorothy," Thomas,^ David,^ Tris- 
tram,^ Joseph,'- Abraham.') 

HARRIET ADALINE/ dtr. of Samuel and Prudence Hub- 
bard' (Talcott) Hersey, was b. 20 June, 1864, at Rockton, 111. 
She m. 7 Aug. 1879, at Beloit, Wis., Amos H. s. of Asel Eaton 
and Charlotte Minerva (Ely) 'Van Tassel. He was b. 25 Jany. 
1863, at Durand, 111. They have no children. 

Amos H. Van Tassel is a graduate of Beloit College, and is 
by occupation a traveling salesman for the PillsburyWashburn 
Flour Mills Company. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 269 

1015. CHARLES SYLVESTER" BLISH. 

(William Henry,' Sylvester," Thomas," David,' Tristram," Jos- 
eph,^ Abraham.^) 

CHARLES SYLVESTER," s. of William Henry' (667) 
and Eliza (Hollister) Blish, was b. 5 Dec. 1836, in Glastonbury, 
Conn. He m. (i) 5 Dec. 1861, at Kewanee, 111., Julia E. Castk. 

CHILD. 

1306. ROSA W.>\TRESS," b. 5 June, 1862. She m. 27 Jany. 1898, at 

Jerseyville, 111., Augustus Newel Embley. 

He m. (2) I Jany. 1882, at Otterville, 111. Katharyn Freden- 
burg Grether, a widow, and dtr. of Ephraim Frederic and Mary 
(Lofton) Fredenburg. She was b. 16 Sept. 1851, at Otterville, 
111. 

CHILDREN. 

1307. CHARLES HOLLISTER", b. 6 Feby. 1883, at Jerseyville, 111. 

1308. CLARA BERYL," b. 29 Jany. 1892. 

Charles Sylvester" Blish was brought by his parents to Illi- 
nois when he was six months old. He was educated in the local 
schools of Wethersfield and spent a couple of years at Knox Col- 
lege, Illinois. At the age of sixteen he went to Galena, 111., and 
was book-keeper in a book store and music house for six years. 
He then returned to Kewanee, 111., and was book-keeper for Na- 
thaniel Mayhew, a hardware dealer, until the time of the civil 
war. During the war he was a clerk for the Quartermaster of 
the 124th 111. Vols. In 1869 he moved to Jerseyville, III, and for 
three years was book-keeper in the hardware store of Jason A. 
Ames. He then became associated with J. S. Daniels in a hard- 
ware store, where he remained for the rest of his life, some twenty 
years. He d. 22 Jany. 1896 at Jerseyville. His funeral services 
were held in the M. E. church, of which he was a member, and 
the building was filled to overflowing with sympathising friends 
and the orders of Knights of Pythias, Odd Fellows and Modern 
Woodmen, to which he belonged. 

Charles S." Blish was a skilled musician, and during his 
whole life was always connected with some musical organization 
as conductor or drill master. His favorite instrument was the 
violin, upon which he was a proficient performer. He never tired 
of giving his services in public or private entertainments, refus- 



270 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

ing remuneration, and working purely for his love of music and 
the goodness of his heart. Frail in physique from boyhood, the 
amount of labor he accomplished was wonderful. His frank and 
sincere manner made him a universal favorite wherever he lived. 



1016. HELEN LOUISE^ (BLISH) GLEASON. 

(William Henry,' Sylvester," Thomas/ David,* Tristram," Jos- 
eph,- Abraham.') 

HELEN LOUISE,^ dtr. of William Henry' (667) and Eliza 
(Hollister) Blish, was b. 5 Nov. 1838, at Wethersfield, Ills. She 
m. 29 June, 1859, George Hiram, s. of Dr. Hiram and Mary 
( ) Gleason. He was b. i Nov. 1839. 

CHILDREN. 

1309. FREDERICK WILLIAM" GLEASON, b. 27 Mar. i860, in 

Wethersfield, HI. d. 24 Oct. i860. 

1310. HIRAM FRANCIS" GLEASON, b. 28 Mar. i860, a twin of 

Frederick. He m. 19 Mar. 1892, at Kewanee, 111., Emilie 
Stewart Haylcs, dtr. of Charles and Jane (Allen) Hayles. She 
was b. 15 Aug. 1866, on the Isle of Wight, England. They 
have two children — 

I. Marjorie Jane Stewart Gleason, b. 10 Jany. 1893. 

II. Leslie Hayles Gleason, b. 15 June, 1898. 

1311. CARRIE LOUISE' GLEASON, b. 26 June, 1861, at Kewanee, 

111. She m. 3 July. 1880, Samuel H. Blair, Jr., a druggist of 
Kewanee. They had several children. 

1312. NELLIE HELEN" GLEASON, b. 21 Aug. 1863. She m. 14 

Sept. 1881, William M. Thompson. They removed to Chicago 
and had several children. Nellie (Gleason) Thompson d. 
17 Aug. 1903, at Evergreen Park, Chicago. 

Helen Louise' Blisli was a remarkably bright girl, with pro- 
nounced musical talent, which her father took pains to have cul- 
tivated. She was a fine singer and piano player. She sang in 
the choir of the Wethersfield church for many years and was its 
first organist. She was small in stature, with dark hair, and 
large expressive brown eyes, and altogether the most popular 
girl in Wethersfield. She d. 16 Oct. 1864. 

George Hiram Gleason was a machinist by trade and always 
followed that or some mechanical pursuit. He was killed 5 May, 
1873, by the explosion of the boilers at the distillery in Kewanee, 
owned by Nelson Morris and J. C. Niles, where he was engineer. 
Damages were recovered for his death. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 271 

1017. JOHN GIDDINGS^ BLISH. 

(William Henry/ Sylvester," Thomas/' David/ Tristram,-' Jos- 
eph,'- Abraham.') 

JOHN GIDDLMGS,- s. of William Henry^ (667) and Eliza 
(Hollister) Blish, was b. 23 June, 1840, at Wethersfield, 111. He 
m. 9 Apr. 1882, at Jerseyville, 111., Emma Alexander, dtr. of Isaac 
Newton and Esther Mary (Alexander) Porter. She was b. 2 
May, 1852, at Woodburn, 111. 

CHILDREN. 

1313. ESTHER LOUIS.V b. 21 Feby. 1883, at Jerseyville, 111. 

1314. HENRY LUKE," b. 7 Oct. 1885, at St. Louis, Mo. 

John Giddings** Blish received his education in the local 
schools. He learned the miller's trade in his father's mill at 
Wethersfield, which he followed until 1872. For some twenty 
years he was a deputy in the County or Circuit Qerk's ofi5ce in 
Jerseyville, 111. He has lived also for a time, since his marriage, 
at Litchfield, and Kewanee, 111., and at St. Louis, Mo. He is a 
member of the Episcopal church, and an enthusiastic worker in 
tlie cause of temperance. 



1024. REV. WILLIAM HENRY* BLISH, Jr. 

(William Henry,' Sylvester," Thomas/ David,* Tristram,^ Jos- 
eph," Abraham.') 

WILLIAM HENRY,« s. of William Henry' (667) and 
Hannah (Gage) Blish, was b. 14 Jany. 1863, at Wethersfield, 111. 
He m. 16 Sept. 1896, at Detroit, Mich., Jean Mary, dtr. of George 
and Eliza Esther (Heather) Street. She was b. 23 Mar. 1867, 
at Taplow, England. 

CHILDREN. 

1315. HELEN HE.A.THER," b. 8 Nov. 1898, at Detroit, Mich. 

1316. JE.AN ELIZABETH." b. 2 Mar. 1901, at Chilocco, Oklahoma. 

1317. GEORGE HERBERT," b. 22 Sept. 1903, at Hammon, Okla- 

homa. 

William Henry" Blish, Jr., graduated from the Kewanee, 111. 
High School, and later from Olivet College, Mich., and also from 



272 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

the Qiicago Theological Seminary. He then spent a year and a 
half in mission work in Oklahoma, and one year as Principal of 
the Training School at Orange Park, Florida, In 1898 he enter- 
ed the Government Indian service v^'ith the Chinooks on Puget 
Sound. Has also been with the Hoopa Indians in Hoopa Valley, 
California, the Santee Sioux, Santee, Nebraska, and four years 
at the training school at Chilocco, Oklahoma. He is at present 
(1904) Superintendent of the Red Moon Indian School, among 
the Cheyennes, at Hammon, Oklahoma. He is admirably adapt- 
ed to this work, and seems to have the confidence and respect oT 
his dusky pupils, to whom he is sincerely attached. 



1027. HENRY SYLVESTERS BLISH. 

(Thomas,' Sylvester," Thomas,^' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,' 
Abraham.^) 

HENRY SYLVESTER,*- s. of Thomas' (668) and Wealthy 
Ann (Buck) Blish, was b. 16 July, 1838, at Rock Island, 111. 
He m. 8 May, 1861, at Galena, III., Elizabeth Fraley, dtr. of Fran- 
cis W. and Margaretta (Bringhurst) Bockius. She was b. 5 
May, 1840, at Germantovwi, Penn. 

CHILD. 
1318+HENRY HERBERT,' b. 27 Nov. 1862, at Galena, Ills. 

Henry Sylvester* Blish was educated at Galena, 111., and for 
the last seven years of his life, was book-keeper for the mercantile 
fiouse of John Fiddick. He d. 11 June, 1866, a little less than 
twenty-eight years of age. He was a noble character and loved 
and respected by a large circle of friends. 



1037. JAMES KNOX« BLISH. 

(Charles Cheney,' Sylvester,*" Thomas,'' David,* Tristram," Jos- 
eph,^ Abraham.') 

JAMES KNOX,* s. of Charles Cheney' (669) and Elizabeth 
Potter (Bonar) Blish, was b. 2 May, 1843, at VVethersfield, 111. 
He m. (i) 25 Dec. 1867, at Chicago, 111., Mary Eliza, dtr. of Red- 




AMES K.NOX BLISH. 



MATTHF.W BONAK I'.l.lSH. 




BLISH GENEALOGY. 273 

mond and Cyrena (Phillips) McManus. She was b. i Jany. 
1846, at Sherburne, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1319. CARRIE ELIZABETH,' b. 7 Feby. 1869, at Wethersfield, 111. 
d. 8 June, 1870, at Council Bluffs, Iowa. 

1320.+JAMES LOUIS,' b. 18 July, 1871. at Chicago, 111. 

1321. BERTHA BELLE,' b. ig Sept. 1877, at Kewanee, 111. She is a 
graduate of the Kewanee High School, and spent two years 
at the Knox Conservatory of Music, in Galesburg, 111. She 
is at present (1904) teaching in the Kindergarten Dept. of the 
public schools, at Fond du Lac, Wis. 

Mary Eliza Blish d. 18 Sept. 1883, at Kewanee, 111., of pul- 
monary consumption, supposed to have been contracted while 
nursing her sister, who died of the same disease, a year before. 

James Knox Blish m. (2) 5 Oct. 1886, at Cambridge, 111., 
Amy Mason, dtr. of Albert and Ann Elizabeth (Read) Rhodes. 
She was b. 17 Sept. 1855, at Providence, R. I. 

CHILDREN. 
n22. EUZABETH,' b. 22 Mar. 1888, at Kewanee, 111. 

1323. MATTHEW RHODES.' b. 28 Apr. 1889. 

1324. ASA RHODES,' b. 8 June, 1893. 



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James Knox" Blish spent his boyhood on his father's farm in 
Wethersfield, attending the local schools. He was one year in the 
Ann Arbor, Mich. High School, and in 1862 entered the Univer- 
sity of Michigan, graduating in 1866 with the degree of B. A., 
and in 1876 received the degree of M. A. from the same institu- 
tion. After leaving college, having a natural aptitude for theat- 
ricals, he spent one year, at Leavenworth, Kansas, in the opera 
house, which was sufficient to convince him that it was not the 
life which he wished to follow, and he returned to Wethersfield, 
was married and engaged in farming for two years. He then 
went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and engaged in the blank book and 
stationery business for two years, and later followed the same bus- 
iness in Chicago, until after the great fire of 1871, when he re- 
turned to Kewanee, 111., and entered the office of Judge John H. 
Howe, and began the study of law. Judge Howe, a year later, 
was appointed by President Grant as Chief Justice of the Terri- 



274 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

tory of Wyoming and left Kewanee, and Mr. Blish's studies were 
completed with Hon. Levi North, a former law partner of Judge 
Howe's. While pursuing his law course he was elected Justice 
of the Peace and was the youngest man who ever filled the posi- 
tion in Kewanee. In 1873, he was admitted to practice law, on 
examination before the Judges of the Supreme Court of Illinois, 
at Springfield, among whom was the venerable Sidney Breese. 
He at once opened a law office in Kewanee, and has since followed 
that profession. He has taken an active interest in the mstitu- 
tions of his city, having been one of the organizers, and for ten 
years one of the directors of the Kewanee Public Library, Super- 
visor for four years, and one of the Building Committee which 
supervised the erection of the Henry County Court House ; mem- 
ber of the Board of Education of Kewanee for eighteen years; 
one of the organizers and for twelve years President of the Ke- 
wanee Fair Association ; organizer of the Kewanee Building & 
Loan Association, which has had twenty-two years successful 
existence ; member of the City Council, and other local offices. 
He was for two years Vice-President of the First National Bank 
of Kewanee, and has been for ten years last past its President. 
In 1902 he was elected as Minority Representative to the General 
Assembly of Illinois, for the Thirty-seventh District, composed of 
Bureau, Henry and Stark counties. 

Amy Mason (Rhodes) Blish was brought to Illinois by her 
parents, when an infant. Her father located on a farm at Bunker 
Hill, south of Buda, Illinois Here she attended the local schools, 
until failing health compelled her father to quit farming and the 
family removed to Buda. She finished her education at Provi- 
dence, Rhode Island, and at once began teaching, which she fol- 
lowed for over ten vears, during most of which time she was first 
assistant in the High schools of Buda, Sheffield and Cambridge, 
Illinois. Since her marriage she has been an active participant 
in the social, charitable and literary life of Kewanee. She is a 
member of the Ladies' Reading Qub, which has just celebrated 
its tenth anniversary ; was the organizer and for several years 
Regent of the Kewanee Chapter of the Daughters of the Ameri- 
can Revolution ; and for fifteen years has been an officer and one 
of the managers of the Dorcas society, an organization to aid the 
sick, destitute and worthy poor, which is supported by voluntary 
contributions from charitable citizens of the city, and which has 
been of great benefit to the community. 



r-- ■ BLISH GENEALOGY. 275 

1040. MATTHEW BONAR« BLISH. 

(Charles Cheney/ Sylvester," Thomas," David,-* Tristram,^ Jos- 
eph,'' Abraham.^) 

MATTHEW BONAR,' s. of Charles Cheney' (669) and 
Elizabeth Potter (Bonar) Blish, was b. 5 Dec. 1848, at Wethers- 
field, 111. He m. 23 Dec. 1868, at Wethersfield, 111., Martha Flor- 
ence, dtr. of Daniel Webster and Elizabeth Alniira (Wedge) Mor- 
rill. She was b. 18 Nov. 1849, at Ripley, Vir. 

CHILDREN. 
1325.+KATE ELIZABETH,' b. 13 Oct. i86g, at Wethersfield, 111. 
1326.+CHARLES BONAR,' b. 25 Feby. 1871. 
1327.+DWIGHT MORRILL, b. 23 May, 1881. 

Matthew Bonar" Blish attended the local schools of Wethers- 
field and Kewanee, and spent one year at the University of Mich. 
After his marriage he began farming which continued to be his 
business until a couple of years after the death of his father, in 
1890. In company with his father, (under the firm name of C. 
C. Blish & Son) he built up one of the finest herds of Short-hom 
cattle in the West. After the death of the senior member of the 
firm, Mr. Blish, never of strong physique, felt that the constant 
care necessary to maintain the herd was telling upon him and 
dispersed it at a public sale, and the high prices realized were an 
unmistakable index of the quality of the animals. For a few 
years thereafter he was not in any active business, but the last 
two years he has been interested with his son, Charles B. Blish, 
in the Vienna Bakery in Kewanee. For the last five >xars his 
winters have been spent in iMobile, Alabama, and Pensacola, Flor- 
ida, to avoid the rigors of the northern climate. He is officially 
connected with the Kewanee Fair Association and is a prominent 
member of the Masonic order. 



1080. EDWIN M." BLISH. 

(Aaron,' Novatus," Aaron," David,^ Tristram,-' Joseph,^ Abra- 
ham.') 

EDWIN M." s. of Aaron' (686) and Nancy (Goodenough) 
Blish, was b. 25 Jany., 1857, at Stamford, N. Y. He m. 17 Mar. 



276 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

1880, at Binghampton, N. Y., Sarah L. Alden. She was b. 5 
May, 1859, at Binghampton, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1328. EMMA," b. 2 Jaiiy. 18S2, at Binghampton, N. Y. 

1329. SUSAN MAY." b. 10 Aug. 1883. 

1330. ALICE C." b. 6 July, 1885. 



1088. CHARLES ADDISON^ BLISH. 

(Novatus Mapes,' Novalus,'' Aaron,-' David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,- 
Abraham.') 

CHARLES ADDISON," s. of Novatus Mapes,' (688) and 
Marietta (Corwin) Blish, was b. 21 July, 1852, at Stamford, N. 
Y. He m. 28 Sept. 1876, at Elgin, III, Anna Grace, dtr. of Peter 
and Elizabeth (Wallin) VanNostrand. She was b. 19 Apr. 1859. 
at Elgin, 111. 

CHILDREN. 

1331. NOVATUS BRUCE," b. 23 Sept. 1877, at Elgin, Ills. Ht m. 

5 Apr. 1904, at Kevvanee, 111., Edna Lewis. 

1332. HELEN GRACE," b. 24 Feby. 1883. She m. i Oct. 1903. 

Archibald Lawrence Harper. They have one child, Paul 
Blish'" Harper, b. 30 Aug. 1904, at Elgin, 111. 

1333. ELIZABETH WALLIN," b. 3 June, 1884. 

1334. CHARLES VAN NOSTRAND," b. 30 Jany. 1894- 

Charles Addison^ Blish completed his studies at the seminary 
in Stamford, N. Y., and soon afterward entered the law office of 
Judge Maynard, Ex-First Assistant Secretary of State under 
President Grover Qeveland. In 1875 he removed to Chicago, 
111., and was admitted to the practice of the law. This, however, 
he did not long follow. Having decided musical tastes and being 
gifted with a fine baritone voice, which he had cultivated, he en- 
tered this field, and for many years managed concert and operatic 
coinpanies, covering not only the United States, but Canada and 
Mexico, as well. He was not manager alone, but took an active 
position with the difiierent companies in their performances, and 
as a baritone soloist stood very high. A severe throat difficulty 
made it necessary for him to quit singing and for a time he was 
manager of the Mendelsohn Quintette Qub, at that time the lead- 
ing musical organization of its kind in the country. In 1891, he 
quit music, as an occupation, and for several years, in connection 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 277 

with William C. Leavitt, under the name of Blish & Leavitt, was 
manager of the SanFrancisco office of the Union Mutual Life 
Insurance company, of Portland, Maine. At the present time he 
is a traveling salesman for a wholesale coffee and tea house and 
resides at Elgin, 111. Rest has restored his voice to nearly its 
prsitine quality, and he is yet frequently called upon as a soloist 
on various occasions. His interest in music is unabated, and as 
an entertainer and story-teller he has few equals. He is deserved- 
ly popular wherever he is known. 

Anna Grace (Van Nostrand) Blish is descended from a long 
line, dating from 1634, in this country. The VanNostrands have 
been noted for their love of personal and religious freedom. Some 
of them were in the Revolutionary army. The family motto is 
"I am a Van of a Van", which is taken from the following curious 
couplet : 

"On every rugged feature, ancestral glories shine, 

We claim a common kinship, with all that is good and fine ; 

I'm a Van of a Van of a son of a Van, 

Of a Van of a way-back line." 
The VanNostrand line is traced as far back as the army of 
William the Conqueror, and has a most interesting history. 



1090. JOHN COWAN« BLISH. 

(Novatus Mapes,' Novatus," Aaron, ^' David,^ Tristram,^ Joseph, ° 
Abraham.') 

JOHN COWAN,* s. of Novatus Mapcs' (688) and Marietta 
(Cowan) Blish, was b. 16 Apr. 1857, at Stamford, N. Y. He m. 
10 Sept. 1880, Alice, dtr. of Edmond and Amelia (Gould) Barlow. 
She was b 

CHILD. 
1335. ESTHER ALMA," b. 5 Mar. 1889. 

John Cowan' Blish has continued to reside on the Blish home- 
stead which he has managed for several years. It is run as a 
dairy farm and the products are shipped on special trains to New 
York City, daily. 



278 EIGHTH GENERATION. 

1096. GEORGE B.« SMITH. 

(Evaline Celia/ Aristarchus," Aaron,° David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,^ 
Abraham.') 

GEORGE B.» s. of Thomas H. and Evaline Celia' (Blish) 
Smith, w:as b. 18 June, i860, at N. Harpersfield, N. Y. He m. 17 
Sept. 1884, at Jefferson, N. Y., Flora M., dtr. of Heman C. and 
Sallie H. Patchin. She was b. 8 Sept. 1864, at Jefferson. 

CHILDREN. 

1336. IRA B.' SMITH, b. 6 June, 1885, at N. Harpersfield, N. Y, d, 

30 Jany. 1890. 

1337. THOMAS D." SMITH, b. 24 Feby. 1887. 

1338. MYRTLE B.' SMITH, b. 25 May, 1892. 

1339. MABEL B.° SMITH, b. 25 May, 1896. 



1100. CHARLES BLISH« McLAURY. 

(Lorana Ann,' Aristarchus," Aaron,^ David,* Tristram,^ Joseph,'' 
Abraham.') 

CHARLES BLISH,« s. of Daniel and Lorana Ann' (Blish) 
McLaury, was b. 24 May, 1855, ^t New Brunswick, N. J. He m. 
7 Dec. 1879, Addie B., dtr. of Abraham Dean and Margaret S. 
(Selover) Van Pelt. She was b. i Apr. 1858, at New Bruns- 
wick, N. J. 

CHILD. 
1340. EDITH BLISH' McLAURY, b. 3 Dec 1885, at New Bruns- 
wick, N. J. 

Charles Blish'* McLaury, when about twenty-one years of 
age started as purser and clerk on the steamboat line to New York 
City, and for many years past has been Freight and Transfer 
Agent for the steamboat company at New Brunswick, N. J. 



1113. FRANK MAY« BLISH. 

(Morris Farrington,' Roderic Skinner," Aaron," David,* Tris- 
tram,'' Joseph,- Abraham.') 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 279 

FRANK MAY,^ s. of Morris Farrington' (698) and Sarah 
(Macomber) Blish, was b. 30 June, 1865, at Wilmington, 111. He 
m. 19 Jany. 1888, at Rockford, 111., Louisa A., dtr. of Peter Hub- 
bard Joslin. She was b. 11 Feby. 1865. 

CHILDREN. 

1341. MORRIS JOSLIN,' b. 21 Apr. 1889. at Lincoln, Nebraska. 

1342. HELEN MAY,' b. 9 Nov. 1890. 

Frank May Blish, after leaving school, began as a clerk in 
the office of R. G. Dunn & Co. in Rockford, 111., where he remain- 
ed six months and was then transferred to the office of the saine 
company in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1885, where he was city reporter 
until July, 1887, when he was made manager of the office. In 
1903 he was promoted as District Manager, and his office moved to 
Omaha, Nebraska, where he now is. 



28o NINTH GENERATION. 



NINTH GENERATION. 



1145. GEORGE WILLIAM^ BLISH. 

(Joseph,* Joseph,' Joseph," Joseph,^ Joseph,^ Joseph," Joseph," 
Abraham,^) 

GEORGE WILLIAM," s. of Joseph* (800) and Abigail In- 
gersoU (Champney) Blish, was b. i Mar. 1837, at Rome, 111. He 
m. (i) 4 July, 1865, at St. Louis, Mo. Caroline, dtr. of Samuel 
and Caroline Fazette (Jones) Wells. 

CHILD. 
1349. C'\ROLINE WELLS'", b. 19 Sept. 1866, at St Louis, Mo. 
She m. I Oct. iSgo, at St. Louis, William Cullcn Morris, s, 
of Frank B. and Emma (Girvan) Morris. He was b. 13 May, 
1864, at Philadelphia, Penn. 

Issue — Samuel Wells" Morris, b. 25 Nov. 1891. 
Caroline Wells Blish from the fall of 1886 to the summer 
of 1890, was a teacher in the public schools of St. Louis. Wil- 
liam Cullen Wells is Vice President and general manager o£ 
the Christy Fire Clay Company, of St. Louis, with which he 
has been connected for many years. 

He m. (2) 21 Jany. 1878, Lauretta Hayden, dtr. of Ezekiel 
Cleveland and Amy Elizabeth (Dodge) Wheelock. She was b. 
20 Mar. 1858, at Kingston, Nova Scotia. 

CHILD. 
1350. GEORGETTA CHAMPNEY'", b. 26 Oct. 1880. 

George William" Blish finished his education at Madison Uni- 
versity, Hamilton, N. Y. He first started as a book-keeper in St. 
Louis, where he found his first wife. He had a strong liking for 
the drama and elocution, and was for a time on the stage. He 
finally went to Boston, Mass., where he took up elocution as a 
profession, in which he soon took a leading position. For a num- 
ber of years he conducted the "Blish School of Elocution," in Tre- 
mont Temple, Boston, and is widely known in the east as a reader 
and elocutionist of the highest order. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 281 

1146. CAROLINE ELDRED» (BLISH) LAMBERT. 

(Joseph,^ Joseph,' Joseph/ Joseph/ Joseph,* Joseph,^ Joseph," 
Abraham,^) 

CAROLINE ELDRED," dtr. of Joseph" (500) and Abigai! 
Ingersoll (Champney) Blish, was b. 4 June, 1840, at St. Qiarles. 
Mo. She m. Sept. 1862, at LaSalle, Ills., Samuel Qouse, s. of 
Henry and Mary Burton (Clouse) Lambert. He was b. 30 Apr. 
1840, at Chelsea, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

1351- GEORGE WALKER" LAMBERT, b. 26 May, 1864, at Walt- 
ham, Mass. 

1352. FRANCIS HENRY'" LAMBERT, b. 4 Oct. 1866. 

1353. LUTHUR"" LAMBERT, b. 15 Dec. 1869, at La Salle, Ills. 
I3S4- ABBIE MAY'" LAMBERT, b. 2 Feby. 1871. 

Caroline Eldred (Blish) Lambert d. 18 Feby. 1865, at Ever- 
ett, Mass. Samuel Clouse Lambert comes from old Puritan stock, 
the ancestor on his father's side coming from France, through the 
north of Ireland, down through England and thence to America. 
On his mother's side he is of Holland Dutch descent. His early 
life was spent in Chelsea, Mass., his native village. After leaving 
school, he entered a dry goods store, coming west with his father 
some years later, he met and afterwards married the daughter of 
Joseph Blish. 

In the spring of 1861, while plowing, he heard that Presideni; 
Lincoln had called for 75,000 volunteers, he unhitched his team, 
and though opposed at first by his father, he insisted upon volun- 
teering, carried it out, and served through the war. At the close 
of the war he settled at La Salle, Ills., where he followed the car- 
penter's trade. He is a man of unexceptionable habits and char- 
acter, frank, genial and a pleasant man to meet. He is a member 
of the Grand Army Post, and of late has resided in Chelsea, Mass. 



1147. ALICE SISSON" (BLISH) BENT. 

(Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,* Joseph,' Joseph,^ 
Abraham,^) 

ALICE SISSON," dtr. of Joseph^ (500) and Abigail Inger 
soil (Qiampney) Blish, was b. 8 Jany. 1842, at Griswold's Land- 



282 NINTH GENERATION. 

ing, Mo. She m 4 June, 1862, at LaSalle, Ills., Capt. John W. 
Yates. He was b. 3 Jany. 182 1. 

CHILD. 

1355. HERBERT WILSON'" YATES, b. 20 Sept, 1867, at St. 

Louis. Mo.He m. 7 June, 1894, Mattie Orr, dtr. of William 
and Katie Orr, of Barton, Maryland. They have a child. 
Helen Orr" Yates, b. 23 Apr. 1895. 

Capt. John W. Yates d. 24 Jany. 1870, of consumption, and 
his wife m. (2) i Oct. 1874, Thacher Tucker, s. of Rev. Josiah 
and Paulina (Rice) Bent. He was b. 4 Sept. 1833, at Weymouth, 
Mass. 

CHILDREN. 

1356. lOSIAH RAYMOND'" BENT, b. 3 Jany. 1877, at Oglesley, 

" 111- 

1357. ALICE P.AULINE" BENT, b. 6 June, 1878. 



1148. MARY EVALINE" (BLISH) SUTPHEN. 
(Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,'' Joseph,-' Joseph,-" Joseph,^' Joseph,^ 
Abraham,^) 

MARY EVALINE," dtr. of Joseph," (800) and Abigail In- 
gersoll (Champney) Blish, was b. i Oct. 1844, at Griswold's 
Landing, Mo. She m. i July, 1868, at LaSalle. Ills., Albert War- 
ren, s. of Qiarles Higginbotham and Elizabeth (Dow) Sutphen. 
He was b. 10 Apr. 1845, at Earlville, Ills. 

CHILDREN. 

!•?.;& ALICE MAUD'° SUTPHEN. b. 5 Feby. 1870, at Seneca, 111. 

1359. MARY ELIZABETH'" SUTPHEN, b. to Sept. 1873, at Au- 
rora, Ills. .T o \r T ■ 

136c. LILLIAN M\Y"' SUTPHEN, b. 14 Nov. 1874. at Valparaiso, 

1361. NELLIE EVALINE'" SUTPHEN, b. 5 Feby. 1877, at Bene- 

Pin V Jllli 

1162. ALBERT 'wARREN'" SUTPHEN, Jr., b. i July, 1879, at 

c ' C^ \' ( 

■1363. ROBe"rT WILLIAM'" SUTPHEN. b. 27 Mar. 1882, at Vaca- 

ville. Calif. ^ nn c 1 r-„i;f 

1364. FRANKIE'" SUTPHEN, b. 17 Sept. 1884, at Soquel, Calif. 
d. 17 Dec. 1888. 

. The early years of Albert Warren Sutphen were spent be- 
tween the schools of Earlville, Ills., and his father's farm. At 
the a<-e of seventeen, while still in school, he passed the requiret. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 283 

examination and received from the County Superintendent, his 
first certificate to teach, a document which he still treasures. Af- 
ter teaching several winters, and helping his father in the spring 
and summer, he secured the principalship of one of the grammar 
schools at Ottawa, Ills., having finished the course of the High 
School of his native town. After teaching for several years, he 
took a course in the National Normal School at Lebanon, Ohio, 
and soon after removed to California, where he followed teach- 
ing for many years, and was elected County Superintendent of 
Schools for Solano County. His work in that capacity is very 
highly spoken of. He is very zealous in his educational work and 
has brought the schools of his county to a high state of efficiency. 
The family are all musical, and Albert W. Sutphen, Jr.. has com- 
posed several fine pieces. 

1149. ELLEX» (BLISH) FISHER. 

(Joseph,* Joseph," Joseph,'' Joseph," Joseph,' Joseph,^ Joseph,- 
Abraham,') 

ELLEN," dtr. of Joseph" (800) and Abigail IngersoK 
(Champney) Blish, was b. 19 Jany. 1847, at Earlville, Ills. She 
m. 15 Jany. 1867, at LaSalle, Ills., Frank A., s. of Allen and 
Louisa (Gilinger) Fisher. He was b. i Feby. 1844, in New 
York City. 

CHILDREN. 

1365. ALLEN JOSEPH" FISHER, b. 22 Mar. 1870, at Seneca, III. 

He m. 14 Mar. 1894. Sallie West. 

1366. CARRIE LOUISE" FISHER*, b. 25 Sept. 1879, at Cleburne, 

Texas. She m. i6 June, 1897, Charles M. Fechheimer. 

Frank A. Fisher came west with his father in 1847, ^nd the 
family lived on a farm until 1858. From that time he attended 
the High School in Ottawa, Ills., until 18G2, when he entered the 
Columbia College Law School in New York City, and completed 
the course in 1864. The next five years were devoted to teaching, 
during which time he was principal of the schools at Utica and 
Seneca, 111., and the 4th W'brd school at Ottawa, 111. He then took 
up the practice of law, the first few years at Marseilles, and Otta- 
wa, 111., the next eighteen years at Cleburne. Texas, and since 
1895, at Chickasha, Ind. Ter., upon the establishment of United 
States Courts at that place. He has never engaged in politics or 



*Four other children have been born, but died in infancy. 



a84 NINTH GENERATION. 

outside matters. His son-in-law is now in partnership with him 
under the firm name of Fisher & Fechheimer. 



1164. 

KATHARINE FRANCES' (LAWRENCE) MERCER. 

(Temperance Shaw,' George/ Joseph,® Joseph," Joseph,* Joseph,' 
Joseph," Abraham.^) 

KATHARINE FRANCES,' dtr. of William F. and Temper- 
ance Shaw^ (Blish) Lawrence, was b. i6 Jany. 1866, at Boston, 
Mass. She m. 14 Feby. 1893, at Boston, Capt. D. Mercer, R. M. 
s. of David Dixon and Margaret (Trigg) Mercer. He was b. i 
July, 1864, at Dalwich, England. 

CHILDREN. 

1367. MARGARET LAWRENCE'" MERCER, b. 6 Jany. 1894. at 

Gosport, England. 

1368. DAVID DIXON'" MERCER, Jr., b. 6 June, 1896, at West 

Newton, Mass. 

1369. LAWRENCE'" MERCER, b. 6 June, 1896, a twin with David 

Dixon. 

The family reside in England. 



1194. FRANK DWIGHT" BLISH. 

(Dwight Frank,* Henry Francis,' Robert Stiles," Ezra,^ Sylva- 
nus,^ Tristram,^ Joseph,'' Abraham.') 

FRANK DWIGHT," s. of Dwight Frank (881) and Minnie 
(Graff) Blish was b. 9 Aug. 1873, at Willimantic, Conn. He m. 
I Feby. 1896, at West Springfield, Mass., Mary Grace, dcr. of 
Amos William and Ora Angeline (Latham) Bill. She was b. 18 
Jany. 1875 at Willimantic, Conn. 

CHILD. 
1370. LESTER HENRY'\ b. 7 Dec, 1896, Willimatit 

F"rank Dwight" Blish, afrer leaving school, took a position in 
the grocery store with his father, where he has remained, and is 
now a partner in the business. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 285 

1216. DANIEL WILLIAM" BLISH. 

<David/ Daniel,' Daniel,' David," David,* Tristram," Joseph,* 
Abraham.') 

DANIEL WILLIAM," s. of David (933) and Elizabeth 
(Hickok) Blish, was b. 2 Jany. 1867, at Appleton, Wis. He m. 
29 Nov. 1898, at Englewood, Chicago, Ills., Helen S., dtr. of 
Ozias Daniel, and Fidelia Mary (Richards) Clark. She was b. 
22 May, 1873, at Warsaw, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 

1371. MYRON DAVID'", b. 14 Aug. 1901, at Englewood, 111. 

1372. HELEN ELIZABETH", b. i July. 1904. 

Daniel William Blish was schooled at Omro and Poygan, 
Wis., and Valparaiso, Ind. He is with the Wells-Fargo Express 
company. 



1317. ERNEST" BLISH. 

(David,^ Daniel,' Daniel,* David,"* David,* Tristram,' Joseph,* 
Abraham.') 

ERNEST," s. of David (933) and Elizabeth (Hickok) Blish. 
was b. 2 Nov. 1877, at Poygan, Wis. He m. 18 Oct. 1899, at 
Englewood, 111., Mabel, dtr. of Daniel and Emma (Crawford) 
Eaton. She was b. 5 May, 1876, at Buckingham, Kankakee Co., 
Illinois. 

CHILD. 
1373. EMMA LOUISE", b. 25 Jany. 1902, at Ashburn, 111. 

Ernest" Blish was schooled at Omro and Poygan, Wis., and 
is a graduate of the Qiicago Business College. Is with his father 
in the flour and feed business. 



286 NINTH GENERATION. 

1218. HENRY HERBERT^ BLISH. 

(Henry Sylvester,* Thomas,' Sylvester," Thomas,'' David," Tris- 
tram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.^) 

HENRY HERBERT," s. of Henry Sylvester** (1027) and 
Elizabeth Fraley <Bockius) Blish, was b. 29 Nov. 1862, at Galena, 
Ills. He m. 21 Feby. 1888, at Dubuque, Iowa, Elizabeth Morse, 
dtr. of John and Anna (Alexander) Maclay. She was b. 8 Nov. 
1863, at Dubuque, Iowa. 

CHILDREN. 
1374- HERBERT HARGER'", b. 4 Jany. 1889, at Dubuque. 
1375. MARJORIE'", b. 26 July, 1894. 

Henry Herbert" Blish was educated at Dubuque, Iowa. At 
the age of fifteen he entered the book store of Grosvenor & Har- 
per, then the largest store of its kind in Dubuque. A few years 
later he formed a partnership with the junior member of the firm, 
under the name of Harger & Blish, which has been very success- 
ful. He has the reputation of being one of Dubuque's best busi- 
ness men, and is both energetic and affable. 



1330. JAMES LOUIS" BLISH. 

(James Knox,* Charles Qieney,' Sylvester,'' Thomas,' David,* 
Tristram,^ Joseph,' Abraham.^) 

JAMES LOUIS," s. of James Knox» (1037) and Mary 
Eliza (McManus) Blish, was b. 18 July, 1871, at Qiicago, Ills., 
and was a baby in arms at the time of the great fire. He m. 30 
June, 1896. at Fond du Lac, Wis., Martha Brown, dtr. of James 
Farnum and Eleanor (Capron) Aldrich. She was b. 14 Sept. 
1865, at Providence, R. I. 

CHILDREN. 

1378. MARY ELEANOR", b. 20 Nov. 1898, at Fon du Lac. 

1379. ZIRIAN ALDRICH'". b. 13 July, 1900. 

1380. FLORENCE GERTRUDE"", b. 11 Oct. 1904. 

James Louis" Bhsh graduated from the High School at Ke- 
wanee, Illinois, and then took three years course at the Dental 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 287 

Department of the Northwestern University, then at the Chicago 
IMedical College, Chicago. After his graduation he worked for 
one year at LaPorte, Ind., and then opened an office at Morris, 
Ills., where he remained about one year. He then went to Mil- 
waukee, Wis., and later to Fond du Lac, where he has since re- 
mained in the practice of his profession. 



1325. KATE ELIZABETH" (BLISH) HANDLEY. 

(Matthew Bonar,** Qiarles Qiency,' Sylvester," Thomas,'" David,* 
Tristram,^ Joseph,- Abraham.') 

KATE ELIZABETH", dtr. of Matthew Bonar' (1040) and 
Martha Florence (Morrill) Blish, was b. 13 Oct., 1869, at 
Wethersfield, Ills. She m. 6 May, 1891, at Wethersfield, Charles 
Daniel, s. of Daniel and Alice (Rothbothm) Handley. He was 
b'. 12 Nov. 18G1. 

CHILDREN. 

1381. LILLI.JlN BLISH'" HANDLEY, b. n Sept. 1892, at Kewanee. 

III. 

1382. CH.\RLES MAX'" MANDLEY, b. 31 Mar. 1897. 

Charles Daniel Handley has been for many years employed 
in the department store of Lay & Lyman, in Kewanee. 



1326. CHARLES BONAR" BLISH. 

(Matthew Bonar,' Qiarles Cheney,' Sylvester," Thomas,'* David,* 
Tristram,'' Joseph,^ Abraham.') 

CHARLES BONAR", s. of Matthew Bonar* (1040) and 
Martha Florence (Morrill) Blish, was b. 25 Feby., 1871, at 
Wethersfield, 111. He m. at Qiicago, 111., 18 May, 1892, Sarah 
Ann, dtr. of Thomas and Alice Agnes (Morrill) Jones. She was 
b. I June, 1871, at Chicago. 

CHILD. 
1383. FLORENCE ETHEL'", b. 16 Apr. 1893, at Kewanee, 111. 

Charles Bonar" Blish grew up on the old Blish homestead 



288 NINTH GENERATION. 

farm in Wethersfield, 111. After his father quit farming he was 
for several years a foreman in the malleable iron department of 
the Western Tube Company, at Kewanee. For the last three 
years he has been at the head of the Vienna Bakery Company, in 
Kewanee, which is owned by himself and his father. 



1327. DWIGHT MORRILL" BLISH. 

(Matthew Bonar,'* Charles Qieney,' Sylvester," Thomas,^ David,* 
Tristram,^ Joseph,^ Abraham.^) 

DWIGHT MORRILL^ s. of Matthew Bonar" ( 1040) and 
Martha Florence (Blish) was b. 23 May, 1881, at Wethersfield, 
111. He m. 30 Apr., 1902, at Effingham, 111., Callie Theodora, 
dtr. of Arthur Berryman and Josephine Rebecca (Glosener) 
Johnson. She was b. 29 Nov., 1862. 

CHILD. 
1384- MATTHEW BERRYMAN'", b. i Aug. 1904, at Effingham, 111. 

Dwight Morrill" Blish, after leaving school, studied photo- 
graphy, and for some time engaged in that business in Kewanee, 
He is now engaged in the grocery business, at Effingham, 111. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 289 

UNCONNECTED RECORDS. 

Records of persons by the name of Blish, or Blush, whose 
lineage is incomplete. 

JOEL BLISH, b. i Aug., 1791, in Hartford county, Conn. 
He m Betsy Prince, at Springfield, Mass. 

CHILDREN. 
HENRY, b. 9 July, 1818, at Glastonbury, Conn. 
ELIZABETH, b. 3 Mar. 1820, at Glastonbury. 
ELECTA, b, 26 Mar. 1822, d. 17 Jany. 1853. 
EARL, b. 14 Feby, 1824. Lived a bachelor. 
CORDELIA, b. 4 July, 1829. 
ALBERT, b. Mar. 9, 1832. 
DANIEL, b. 8 Apr. 1834, d. 16 Oct. 1883. 

The first two children were born in Connecticut, and the re- 
mainder in Norwalk, Ohio. 

Joel Blish spent his younger days in the armory at Spring- 
field, Mass,, and came west in 1822, locating at Norwalk, Ohio. 
His wife, Betsey, d. 23 Feby., 1841 and Joel d. in Aug., 1881. 
Both are buried at Norwalk. He is said to have had brothers, 
Asa and Daniel, and sisters. Hannah and Betsey. The brothers 
are said to have come west about 1830. 

He owned lands in Glastonbury, Conn., which he deeded 
away in Nov.. 1821. There is a possibility that he may have been 
the son of Abraham (146), whose son Daniel (304) came west in 
1836. See ante pp. 93 and 129. 

References. Glastonbury, Conn. Deed Recs. Vols. 20 & 21. 
Glastonbury Town, Rec. Vol. 2. p. 166. 

HENRY, s. of Joel and Betsey Blish, m. 16 Oct., 1842,. 
Caroline M. Harkness. She was b. in Lorain county, Ohio. 

CHILDREN. 
ROSELTHA, b. 23 Mar. 1844. 
CYTHERA, b. 22 Apr. 1847. 
ESTELLA, b. 27 June, 1849. 
CARRIE MAY, b. 5 Dec. 1839. 

Henry Blish for may years carried on a tub and pail factory 
at Antioch, Ind. He d. 3 Aug. 1885. 



290 UNCONNECTED RECORDS. 

HARVEY BLISH, b m. Phebe Wor- 

den, dtr. of Nathaniel and Cyrena (Hurlbert) Worden. 

CHILDREN. 

HARVEY FREDERICK, b. 1826, in Montpelier, Ver- 

> mont. He was in Racine, Wis. in 1896, and had a son Byron F. 
Blish. 

CORNELIUS, 

MARY JANE, b. d Buried at 

Wonewoc, Wis. 
ALFRED D.'\Y, m. Amanda VanDenser. Has s. Alexander, b. 31 
May, 1873. at Algona. Wis., wlio m. 18 Apr. 1899, Anna Schubert, 
and lives in Chicago, 111. 

ALVIRA ANGEL, b. m Wheeler. 

Wonewoc, Wis. 
+GEORGE WASHINGTON, b. 19 Nov. 1835. 
+ CAROLINE MELISSA, b. 16 Jany., 1837. 

ELLEN MARIA, b m. Phillips. 

Wonewoc, Wis. 

ANNA, b. d. Buried 

at Wonewoc, Wis. 

.» LOUISA, b d. Buried 

at Blue Earth, Minn. 

Harvey Blish and his wife both d. at Wonewoc, Wis. All 
of the children are supposed to have been born in Morristown, 
St. Lawrence county, X. Y., except the eldest and two youngest. 
Harvey Blish is believed to have been a surveyor in Vermont and 
to have had brothers named Oliver, William and Volney. 

GEORGE WASHLNGTON, s. of Harvey and Phebe (Wor- 
den) Blish, was b. 19 Nov., 1835, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. 
He m. 20 Jany., 1855, at Racine, Wis., Evahne A. Hollister, dtr. 
of Caleb H. and Deborah (Clute) Conant. She was b. 9 Oct., 
1836, in Onandaigua county, N. Y. 

CHILDREN. 
CHARLES G., b.. 20 Dec. 1855, at Racine, Wis. 
ANNIE E., b.'r; Nov. i8S7- 

WILLIAM H., b. 14 Apr. i860, at Big Foot Prairie, Wis. 
"^ NELL D., b. 9 Aug. 1863, at Holland, Mich. 
JENNIE M.. b.-27 Oct. 1866. 
FRANCIS E., b. 8 Jany, 1869. 
ROSE B., b. 28 Sept. 1871. 
LOLO M., b. 9 Jany. 1878, at Wonewoc, Wis. 

George W. Blish attended school at Ogdensburg, N. Y., 
until the "family moved to Racine, Wis., in 1846. After finishing 
school, he learned the mason's trade and followed it for three 
years, when he took up sailing, which he followed for twenty- 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 291 

five years, working his way up until he commanded vessels. His 
latter years were spent at Woncwoc, Wis., where he d. 21 May, 
1899. 

CAROLINE MELISSA, dtr. of Harvey and Phebe (Wor- 
den) Blish, was b. iC Jany., 1837, at Morristown, N. Y. She m. 

1854, Theodore, s. of Samuel and Julia Ann 

(Piatt) Lane. 

CHILDREN. 
. ELL.A. CELI.\ L.'\NE, b. 7 Apr. 1855, at Racine, Wis. 
EDWIN CURTISS L.\NE. b. i Aug. 1857. 
THEODORE M. LANE, Jr., b. 7 Aug. 1862. 
SAMUEL OLIVER LANE, b. 15 Dec. 1865. 
JULIA ANN LANE, b. 16 Feby. 1868. d. 7 Nov. 1869. 

Theodore M. Lane sailed the great lakes for some forty-four 
years. He enlisted in the civil war, and was corporal of Co. A. 
22nd. Wis. Vols. Was captured in March, 1863, and served a 
term in Libby prison. He was in the battles of Chicamauga„ 
Lookout Mountain, and wounded at the battle of Resaca, 13 May, 
1864. From 1858 to 1862 he owned and sailed the sloop "Helen 
Marr." After the war he commanded the brig "Hampton," the 
schooners "Eclipse," "Lewis Ludington" and 'Josephine Dres- 
den," up to 1894, when he quit the lakes and settled down on a 
farm at Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 



HORACE L. BLISH, s. of William Rlish, of Colchester, 
Vt. m. 22 Sept. 1853, Laura Jane Smith. — BiirUiigton Vt. Rec, 
Vol. 2, P- I- 

He m. (2) ]\Irs. Lucia E. Gray, a widow. He d. at N. Troy, 
(Vt., in 1896, leaving children, Clarence E. Horace H., and 
William S., of Colchester, \'t., Harry H., of St. Johns, Oregon, 
and Nellie H., who m. W. J. Bates. His estate was settled in 
Burlington, \'t. 



ALBERT BLISH, of Winooski, Vt., m. Phi.sha Burlctt, 24 
Feby., 1859. 



292 UNCONNECTED RECORDS. 

EDWARD BLUSH, of Colchester, Vt., m. Mary Jane Kee- 
nen, of Washington, D. C. — Burlington, Vt. Rec. 

CHILDREN. 
MARY AGNES, b. 15 Aug. 1869, at Washington, D. C. 

JOSEPH, b 1871. d. in Washington, in 1874. 

EDWARD, b. 14 Dec. 1873. 

ROSINA, b. 14 Dec 1873. (Twins.) (Burlington Rec. says b. May.) 

CHARLES W., b. 11 Oct. 1875. 

Mary Jane Blush d. in Washington, 28 Nov., 1893. 

Edward Blush, Sr., was an engineer, but gave it up and took 
a place on the police force at Washington ; was afterwards time- 
keeper in the Treasury Dept. He then left Washington, and 
his family have not heard from him since. 

He is believed to have been b. about 1845, ^t Williston, Vt. 



JOSEPH BLUSH, of Waterbury, Vt., m. 11 Mar., 1824. 
Prudence Tuttle. 

DAN BLUSH m. Letitia Taft, 28 Jany., 1841. 
Williston, Vt., Tn. Rec. 



Most of the following names and addresses were culled from 
various city directories, but repeated letters failed to bring replies 
from most of them. 

ANDREW BLISH, dyer. 1635 Bailey St., Philadelphia, 
Penn. (1891.) 

DAVID BLESH, Oakdale, Nebr. Says that the correct 

name is Blush, but he got it changed in the army. 

CHAS. F. BLUSH, 382 E. 4th St., New York City. 
(1898). 

HENRIETTA BLUSH, widow of Anthony, 345 Qth Ave. 
N. Y. City. 

CLARK D. BLUSH, 10 Lawrence St., Hartford, Conn 
(1892). 

CHRISTIAN BLUSH, clerk, 654 E. nth St., N. Y. City. 

CADDIE M. BLUSH, Hammond, Louisiana. (1899). 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 293 

GEORGE BLISH, 550 Norwood St., Cleveland, Ohio. 
(1897). 

ISvKAC NEWTON BLISH, Granby, Mass. Has son 
George A., and dtr. Amy. 

JOHN BLUSH, bricklayer, 117 W. Virginia Ave, Denver, 
Colo. (1891). 

JAMES W. BLISH, Port Richey, Florida. (1896). 

JOSEPH BLUSH, heater, Cleveland, Ohio. (1897). 

LIZZIE BLUSH, 316 13th Ave., Denver, Colo. (1899). 

OLIVER L. BLUSH, Qeveland, Ohio. 

Mrs. REGINA BLUSH, Bridgeport, Conn. (1896). 

R. L. BLUSH, Hammond, Louisiana. (1896). 

V. R. BLUSH, R. R. contractor, 512 Quincy St., Topeka. 
Kansas. (1892). 

WILLIAM C. BLUSH, student, 253 Hanover St., Cleve- 
land, Ohio. 



294 FULLER. 



FULLER. 



EDWARD FULLER/ the twenty-first signer of the Mav- 
flower Compact, with his wife, Ann, and his son Samuel, who at 
that time must have been about five or six years of age, came in 
the Mayflower, in 1620. Both Edward Fuller and his wife died,- 
according to Gov. Bradford, "soon after they came on shore", and 
the child Samuel was taken in charge by his uncle. Dr. Samuel 
Fuller, by whom he was reared. Very little is known concerning 
Edward Fuller or his wife. They are known to have had two 

CHILDREN. 

2.+MATTHEW,' b in England. 

3. + SAMUEL,' b in England. 

The Mayflower Compact is thus spoken of and given by Gov. 
Bradford : 

THE REMALNDER OF ANo; 1620. 

"I shal a litle returne backe, and begin with a combination 
nade by them before they came ashore ; being y« first foundation of 
their governmente in this place. Occasioned partly by y'= discon- 
tented, and mutinous speeches that some of the strangers amongst 
them, had let fall from them in y' ship; That when they came 
ashore they would use their owne libertie ; for none had power to 
comand them, the patente they had being for Virginia, and not 
for Newengland, which belonged to another government with 
which y^ Virginia Company had nothing to doe. And partly that 
shuch an Acte by them done (this their condition considered) 
might be as firme as any patent ; and in some respects more sure. 

"The forme was as followeth : 

"In y"^ name of God Amen. \Vc whose names are under- 
written, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne lord King 
James, by y<^ grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland 
king, defender of y*^ faith, &c. 

"Haveing undertaken, for y' glorie of God, and advancemente 
of y"^ christian faith and honour of our king & countrie. a voyage 
to plant y^ Northerne parts of Virginia. Doe by these presents 
solemnly & mutualy in y*^ presence of God, and of one another ; 
covenant, & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick ;. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 295 

for our better ordering, & preservation & furtherance of y^ ends 
aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame 
shuch just & equall lawes, ordinances. Acts, constitutions, & offices 
from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient 
for y= generall good, of y^ Colonie : unto which we promise all due 
submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we have hereunder 
subscribed our names at Cape-Codd y'= 11. of November, in y' 
year of y^ raigne of our soveraigne lord king James of England, 
france, & Ireland y* eighteenth, and of Scotland y' fiftie fourth. 
Ano Dom. 1620." 

Forty-one names are signed to the compact of which Edward 
Fuller is the twenty-first. 



2. Dr MATTHEW FULLER. 

MATTHEW,- s. of Edward' and Ann Fuller, remained in 
England, when his parents, with his brother Samuel came over, 
;n 1620. From the ages of his children he must have been mar- 
ried in England. He is said to have had two wives, Hannah 

af'd I-'rances 

CHILDREN, believed to have been born in England. 

4. MARY,' b. m. 17 .Apr. 1655, Ralph Jones, and has 

many descendants. 

5. ELIZABETH,' m. 22 Apr. 1652, Moses Rowley, and 

has many descendants. 

6. SAMUEL,' b He was a lieutenant in the Colo- 

ny forces in King Philip's war, and was killed at Rehoboth 
25 Mar. 1676. 

7. JOHN,' b in Plymouth. He was a physi- 

cian of some note and d. in 1691. 
8.-I-ANNE,' b. in Plymouth. 

Matthew- Fuller was one of the prominent men of the old 
Colony. He remained in England until about 1740. It is not 
known whether he studied medicine in the old country or after he 
came over, but he must have been about thirty years of age at that 
time. By reason of the death of his parents, both he and his 
brother SamueP, were reckoned "among the first born of the 
Colony", and assigned lands, which would have belonged to their 
father. In 1642 he had ten acres of land assigned him near 
Thurston Clark's, in Plymouth. 



296 FULLER. 

In 1643 '1 "military discipline" was established by the Colony 
Court, embracing the towns of Plymouth, Duxbury and Marsh- 
field. Myles Standish was the Captain and Matthew Fuller one 
of the Sergeants, which was an office of distinction at that time, 
as none but freemen of "honest and good report" could be admit- 
ted to the company. The strictest discipline was maintained. No 
conversation was permitted when the company was on parade, and 
for absence, without sufficient excuse, they were fined, and if not 
paid, expulsion followed. The equipment required was, a musket, 
a sword, a rest and a bandillier. All officers were to be ever after 
known by their titles, and each member paid six pence per quarter 
for the use of the company. This military discipline was in addi- 
tion to the regular militia, and was organized on the same plan as 
the "ancient and honorable artillery of Boston," which is still kept 
up. 

He was the first physician in Barnstable. The exact date of 
his removal there is uncertain. The court approved his election as 
Lieutenant of the militia company in Barnstable, 3 Sept. 1653. 
In 1653, he was deputy from Barnstable to the Colony Court. 

1653. 6. Apr., "Leift. Fuller, Sergiant Johnson and John 
Allen, haue taken the oath of Fidelitie to the Gouernment this 
Court." 

He was propounded for a freeman 3 June, 1652, and admit- 
ted as a freeman, 7 June, 1653, "and sworne." 

The Court in Deer. 1652, directed the several towns to send 
deputies to meet the magistrates, i Apr. 1653, "to treat and con- 
clude on such military affairs as, through God's blessing, may 
probably tend to our present and future safety", in consequence 
of the variances between England and Holland. Barnstable sent 
Lieut. Fuller and Sergt. Thomas Hinckley. They met, and in 
May, 1653, the court ordered sixty men to be raised, agreeably to 
a requisition of the council of war. 

1653-4. 7 Mar. * * » "Wee p^sent Henry Cole of Barn- 
stable, for pilfering away of the money of Leiftenant Mathew 
Fuller of Barnstable". 

1654. 20 June. He was appointed Lieut, under Capt. Myles 
Standish, of a company of fifty men, the quota of Plymouth Col- 
ony, in a proposed expedition against the Dutch at Manhattoes, 
now New York. The men were ordered to meet at Sandwich, 
June 29th. to embark from Manomett in the bark "Adventer", 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 297 

belonging to Capt. Samuel Mayo, of Barnstable, and join the 
forces of the other colonies at an appointed place. News of the 
conclusion of peace between England and Holland was received 
June 23rd. and the expedition was stopped. The Plymouth Rec- 
ord says: — "The counsell of warr mett att Plymouth the 20th. of 
June, 1654, att which meeting warrants were issued out in the 
r.ime of his highnes the Lord Protector of England, Ireland and 
Scotland, for the pressing of the number of fifty men, to bee taken, 
cut of the severall townes within this jurisdiction, to goe forth 
with Major Robert Sedgwicke and Captain John Leverett, in the 
intended expedition against the Duch att Manhattoes. • • • 
This company, well provided for, are to goe forth vnder the 
comaund of Captaine Myles Standish, whoe is ordered to bee 
theire comaunder in chiefe, and Leiftenant Mathew Fuller was 
ordered to goe forth with him as leiftenantt of this expedition. 
• * • " 

1658. 13 Feby. He was on the coroner's jury at the inquest 
held on the body of the child of Nicholas Davis, two years old, 
found drowned. 

1658. 2 Oct. He was elected one of the "Councell of Warr", 
and in 1671, was its chairman, and one of the magistrates of the 
Colony, and the same year was Lieut, of forces to be sent against 
the Saconet Indians. 

1661. 4 June. "Whereas at the court held att Plymouth on 
March fift, 1660, libcrtie was giuen vnto Mr. John Howland, An- 
thony Annable, Isake Robinson, Capt. Nathaniel Thomas, Samuel 
Fuller, Abraham Peirse and Peter Blossom to purchase lands at 
Saconeeset and places adjacent, on condition that they should 
take in sundry others with them to haue an equall interest in such 
lands E.nd to beare equall charges with them, viz : Mr. Samuel 
Hinckley, leiftenant Mathew Fuller, John Cooper, Henry Cobb, 
John Jenkins, of Barnstable, and Samuel Fuller, William Nelson, 
John Morton and Thomas Burman, of Plymouth, this court doth 
e.*--tablisri and further confirm that which the court in March did in 
the premises." 

1670. Capt. Matth. Fuller's name appears on a list of Inhab- 
itants of Barnstable, with titles. 

1^73- 17 Ds<^- ^^ ^^^^ appointed Surgeon General of the 
Colony troops, and also of Massachusetts, if that Colony approved. 



298 FULLER. 

1675. 28 June. Capt. Fuller was at Swanzey with troops, in 
the war against King Philip. The Plymouth forces passed over 
to Pocassctt, found a body of Indians and had a skirmish widi 
them. Capt. Fuller was in command and after hard fighting 
drew off, after inflicting severe losses on the enemy. The Indians 
retreated to Pocassett swamps and were held at bay until the re- 
turn of the .'vlassachusetts troops. Major Cudworth and Capt. 
Fuller were at Dartmouth with 112 men; others were stationed 
around the swamps, where they had Philip and his men entrapped. 
On July 5th. it was determined to march all Massachusetts troops 
into the Narrygansett country. Major Cudworth and Capt. 
Matthew Fuller had pursued Philip into Pocassett. 

In 1675, Dr. Fuller was allowed 4 Shillings a day for his 
services as Surgeon General and for 'other good services per- 
formed in be'ialf of his country", Ix having acted as Captain of a 
company in addition to his surgical duties. In the drawing of 
lands awauled to the soldiers in King Philip's war, in Narragan- 
seit To\vn;-hip. (now Gorham, Me.) Dr. Matthew Fuller, of Barn- 
stable, drew loi 69. 

Dr. Matthew Fuller was a man of liberal opinions and very 
outspoken for the day in which he lived, which trait frequently 
got him into trouble with the authorities, but for which he was 
seldom punished, an apology usually condoning the offense. His 
tem]3er was rash, but his personal bravery was never questioned. 
In the Quaker controversy he took a noble stand in favor of relig- ' 
ions toleration. At the October Court, 1658, he was presented by 
the grand inquest for saving that tb . new law for supporting the 
clergy bv a compulsory tax was "a wicked and devilish law, and 
the devil sat at the stern when it was enacted". He did not deny 
saying it, and was fined 50 shillings. It is a singular coincidence, 
that at the same court at which he was presented and fined for dis- 
respect to the court, that he was made one of the Council of War. 
They evidently knew him to be honorable and brave, notwith-^ 
standing his hot temper and indiscreet utterances. 

In private life and in his business relations he was inclined to 
be dictatorial and litigious. His weaknesses seem to have been 
so well understood that they were overlooked, in view of the many 
good services he had rendered for his country and community. 

Tre farir.< of Matthew Fuller <nd his orother Samuel,^ were 
on Scorton Neck, at the north-west argle oi the town. Soon 
after the settlement 'he town bought of Secunke, an Indian, 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 299 

Scorton Neck, and the arable land at the west end was assigned 
to the Fullers. The western end of the Neck was bought by the 
town of Sandwich, and a dispute as to the boundary arose, which 
was not settled until after Dr. Fuller's death, which occurred in 

1678. 

His will is dated 20 July, 1678, and was proven 30 Oct. fol- 
lowang. He mentions his wife Frances; his grand-son Shubael, 
son of Ralph Jones; his son John, to whom he bequeathed one- 
half of his real estate; his grand-children Thomas, Jabez, Timo- 
thy, Matthias and Samuel, children of his eldest son Samuel,^ to 
whom he bequeathed the other half of his estate; and Bethia, wife 
of John Fuller. To daughter Mary, wife of Ralph Jones, he 
gave £10; to daughter Anne Fuller, "now wife of Samuel Fuller", 
iio; to daughter Elizabeth, wife of Moses Rowley, £10. He 
also names Sarah Rowley, daughter of Elizabeth ; Jedediah Jones, 
son of Ralph ; Mary Fuller, late wife of his son Samuel ; Robert- 
Marshall, the Scotchman, and Jasper Taylor. His wife Frances 
is made executrix. The witnesses to the will were Lieut. Joseph 
Lothrop and John Hawes. His estate was appraised at £667-04- 
06, a large estate for those times. Among the items in the inven- 
tory are "Pearls, precious stones and Diamonds, £200".* 

Some question has been raised at different times as to the 
kinship of Matthew and Samuel Fuller. The proof is not strong, 
but it is convincing. They lived together at a remote corner of 
the town. Lands were assigned to both Samuel and Matthew 
Fuller as "first-born" of the Colony, and there is nothing to show 
any right to Matthew Fuller, unless he was a son of Edward' of 
the Mayflower ; again Matthew and Samuel Fuller lived near to 
gether, at a remote corner of the town, which would indicate some 
bond of consanguinity, especially viewing the fact that the men 
were very unlike in habits and disposition ; further, in the settle- 
ment of the boundary line question, after the death of Dr. Matthew 
Fuller, his son. Dr. John' Fuller, calls Samuel Fuller,- Sr. his 



*In connection with this bo.x of jewels, there is a strange story. Soon 
after Matthew Fuller's death it was missing. Robert Marshall, the Scotch 
servant was charged with having stolen it, merely on suspicion. The 
charge so affected him that he took no food and finally died from grief ami 
starvation. He died in the winter and was buried on a declivity of Scorton 
Hill. For two centuries the plow has not desecrated his grave, and a few 
years ago Capt. Oliver Chase placed two stones at his grave, one at the 
head and one at the foot. Many stories were told of the ajipearance of 
the Scotchman's ghost, and timorous people dare not pass the place after 
night-fall. 



300 FULLER. 

uncle. No record is known to exist as to the dates or places of 
birth of the children of Matthew Fuller. Mrs. Haxtun, in her 
work on the Signers of the Mayflower Compact, and Freeman in 
the History of Cape Cod, say that he had two wives. Otis, in his 
Barnstable Families, regards this as uncertain. 



3. SAMUEL^' FULLER. 

SAMUEL,^ s. of Edward^ and Ann Fuller, was b 

in England. He was m. 8 Apr. 1635, at Mr. Cudworth's, by Capt. 
Miles Standish, to Jane, the eldest dtr. of Rev. John Lothropp. 
She was bap. 29 Sept. 1614, at Edgerby, Kent, England. 

CHILDREN, born in Scituate, Mass. 

9. HANNAH,' m. i Jany. 1658-9, Nicholas Bonham. 

lO.+SAMUEL,' bap. 11 Feby., 1637-8. m. his cousin, Anne, dtr. of 

Matthew Fuller, 
n. ELIZABETH,' b m Taylor. 

12. SARAH,' bap. in Barnstable, i Aug. 1641. died young. 

CHILDREN, born in Barnstable, Mass. 

13. MARY,' bap. 16 June, 1644. m. 18 Nov. 1674, Joseph Williams, 

s. of John of Haverhill. He was b. 18 Apr. 1647. Their 
children were — Sarah, b. 17 Nov. 1675; Mary, b. 29 Nov. 1677; 
John, b. 17 Feby. 1680, and Hannah, b. 30 Sept. 1683. 

U4. THOMAS,' b. 18 May, 1650. Bap. 18 May, 1651. Probably d. 
young. 

IS. SARAH,' b. 14 Dec. 1654. m Crow. 

116. JOHN,' b. He was called "Little John" to dis- 
tinguish him from John, s. of Matthew Fuller. 

17. A Child, unnamed. 8 Feby. 1658. d. 15 days after birth. 

SamueF Fuller v\'as reared by his uncle Dr. Samuel Fuller, 
of Plymouth, the first physician of the Colony. He had three 
shares in the division of the lands in 1624, in right of his father 
and mother. He was executor of his uncle's will in 1633, and was 
made a freeman of the Colony in 1634. He removed to Scituate 
prior to his marriage, and united with the church there, 7 Nov. 
1636, by letter from Plymouth. He built, in 1636, the fifteenth 
house in Scituate, on Greenfield, the first lot abutting on Kent 
street. He had 20 acres of land on the east of Bellhouse Neck, in 
Scituate. Deane, in his history, calls him "a man from Kent", 
whence many of the first settlers in Barnstable came. 

He was one of the "associates", who obtained a grant in Oct. 
1639, for a settlement at Mattakeese, between Yarmouth and 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 301 

Sandwich. This settlement was commenced chiefly by people 
from Scituate, and became eventually the town of Barnstable. 

Samuel Fuller, as it appears from the cliurch records, was in 
Barnstable as early as 1641, but there is no proof that he was an 
inhabitant, until after the first of January, 1644, though his name 
is in ihc list of families that came with Rev. John Lothropp in 1639 
He and his brother, Matthew, owned lands at Scorton or Sandy 
Neck, or as much as lay within the town of Barnstable. Samuel 
Fuller also bought of his brother Matthew a meadow that was 
Major John Freeman's, and owned land on Scorton Hill. He 
lived in the north-west angle of the town, and was very little en- 
gaged in public matters. He was constable in Scituate in 1641, 
and his name occasionally appears as a juryman. He was on the 
committee to settle difficulties that arose with the Indians, and in 
1640 was one of the 58 "purchasers", as that company was called, 
who bought out the rights of the London merchants, called the 
"adventurers". 

He was one of those to whom liberty was given in 1660, to 
purchase lands at Saconeeset, or Succonesset, where he was as- 
signed eight acres in 1661. He was the only one of the May- 
flower passengers, who settled in Barnstable. In 1679, there 
■vere only 12 of the Mayflower passengers living, of which he 
was one. He d. 31 Oct. 1683, at Barnstable. His will, dated 29 
Oct. 1683, names oldest son, Samuel, son John, daughters, Eliza- 
beth Taylor, Hannah Bonham, Mary Williams and Sarah Crow. 
His wife, net being named, had probably died prior to his making 
the will. 

WILL OF SAMUEL FULLER. 

The last Will and Testament of Samuell f fuller of Barnstable 
Late Deceased E.xhibited to the Court held att Plymouth the fift 
of June 1684 on the oath of Capt. Josepth Laythorp and M' Sam- 
uell AUin as followeth : 

The nine and twentyeth Day of October in the yeer of our 
Lord one thousand six hundred eighty and three ; I Samuell ff ul- 
ler seni' of the Towne of Barnstable in the Gov'^ment of New Ply- 
mouth being ancient and very weake in body but of good and 
Compitent memory thankes be unto allmighty God; and Calling 
to remembrance the uncertaine state of this transitory life and 
that all fflesh muste yeild unto Death when it shall please God to 



302 FULLER. 

Call, Doe make ordaine & Constitute & Declare this my last will 
and Testament in Manor and form following: 

Revoking and Anulling by these presents all and every Testa- 
ment and Testaments will and wills heertofore by mee made and 
declared either by word or wrighting ; and this to be taken onely 
for my last will and Testament and none other ; and first I give 
and Comitt my soul unto almighty God my Savour in whom and 
by the meritts of Jesus Christ I trust and believe assuredly to be 
saved : and my body to the earth ; from whence it was taken to be 
buried in such Decent and Christian manor as to my executors 
heerafter Named shalbe thought meet and Convenient; and Now 
for the settleing of my temporall estate and such goods Catties and 
Debtcs as it hath pleased God farr above my deserts to bestow 
upon mee ; I Doe order Give and Dispose the same in Manor and 
forme following: That is to say first I will that all those Debts and 
Dutyes as I owe in right or Conscience to any manor of p''son or 
p'sons whatsoever shalbe well and truely Contented and payed or 
ordained to be payed within Convenient time after my Decease by 
my executors heerafter Named ; 

Item. I give and bequeath to my eldest son Samuell f fuller 
two p''sells of Marsh one of them I bought of m"" Samuell house 
Deceased and the other I bought of Captaine Matthew f fuller De- 
ceased that hee had of m^ John f freman ; 

Item. I give and bequeath to my son John ffuller four acrees 
of Marsh and one halfe which I bought of Peter Blossome. 

Item. I give and bequeath that p''cell of Marsh that lyes by 
Ralph Jones, his Marsh, To my two sones Sanuell ffuller and John 
ffuller to be equally Devided betwixt and one p''cell of Marsh that 
lyeth on this side Scoton ffeildes to be Devided as abovesaid and 
the angle Lotts of Alarsh att Scoton point to be equally Devided 
between them alsoe and alsoe the Eelcreik Lott of Marsh to be 
alike Devided as above specifyed and the Lott of Marsh att Sandy 
iitck upon the same accoumpt alsoe; and all my upland upon 
S~i"ton Neck to be equally Devided betwixt them as the other 
above Mensioned. 

Item. I give to my son Samuell ffuller all of my upland that 
lyeth above my uppermost ffeild and to range quite Crosse my 
land upon one and the same lyne as the uppermost ffence as my 
upmost feild Now ranges, but alwaies to allow Cart wayes to the 
Comons into the Comons for his brother John ffuller his heires 
and assignes. 

Item. I give and bequeath unto my son John ffuller my now 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 303 

Dwellinghouse orchyard and all outiiousing and all the rest of my 
upland wherever it doth lye, but ahvaies to allow a Cart way into 
the nieddowes for his brother Sanniell ffuUer his heires and as- 
s'gi.es. 

Item. I Give and bequeath to. my son John ffuller one three 
veer old horse runing in the woods ; 

Item. I Give and bequeath to m)- son Samuell ffuller two 
ma'-^s runing in the woods; 

Item. I Give unto my Daughter Elizabeth Taylor five pound 
in Mony and two Cowes ; 

Item. I Give unto my Daughter Hannah Bonham four 
pounds in Money and two Cowes; 

Item. I Give unto my Daughter Mary Williams four pounds 
in Money and two Cowes ; 

Item. I give and bequeath unto my Daughter Sarah Crowe 
four pounds in Mony and two Cowes ; 

Item. I Give and bequeath unto my four Daughters hannah 
Bonham Mary Williams Elizabeth Tayler and Sarah Crow all my 
household Stuffe to be equally Dvided betwixt them ; 

Item. I Give and bequeath to my son John ffuller the Indian 
Joell ; my p''te in the oxen the Cart and plow and the Cart and 
plow (ieares and working tooles and one fatt Cow that is to kill 
and my bald faced horse ; and my Great bible ; 

Item. I Give and bequeath to my two sons Samuell ffuller 
and John ffuller all the rest of my Neat Cattle to be Devided To 
my son Samuell one third p'te; and to my son John ffuller the 
other two third p'tes ; and all my sheep to be equally Devided be- 
twixt them ; 

Item. 1 Give and bequeath to my son Samuell ffuller ten 
pounds on mony which he now owes to mee and hath now hath it 
alredy; and all the rest of my estate in what kind soever it be I 
Give and bequeath to my two sones Samuell ffuller and John fful- 
ler; to be Devided to my son Samuell ffuller one third p'^te therof 
and to my son John ffuller the other two third p''tes therof, and by 
these p^'sents make ordaine & Declare this my last Will and Tes- 
tament ; In Witness wherof I the said Samuell ffuller have heer- 
unto sett my hand and scale the Date above written ; 

Samuell ffuller and a seal. 
Witnes.se 

Joseph Laythorp. 
Samuell Allin. 
Captainc Joseph Laythorpe made oth as a witness to this will 
■before the Court held att Plvmouth the fift of March 1683/84. 



304 FULLER. 

M'' Samuell Allin Made oath as a witness to this Will above 
written this lo'" of March 1683/84 before mee Barnabas Lay- 

thorpe Assistant. 

S.-\MUEL FULLER'S INVENTORY. 

A TRUE INVENTORY of all and singular the Goods Chatties and 

Credits p Sanuiell ffuler seni'' late of the Towne of Barnstable in the 

GoVment of New Plymouth in New England Deceased praysed att his 

house in Barnstable aforesaid and the 14 Day of November in the year of 

our Lord 1683 by Joseph Laythorpe and Jededia Jones as followeth; 

Impri his apparrell 

.Item in cash 

,Item m 3 Guns amunition shoe Nailes & a peece of Lether 

Item in Lynnin 

Item in pewter and ten 

■Item in brasse 

Item in trayes, Chcrn a tubb and a spoon and an old warming 
pan 

Item Iron potts tonge? slice frying pan and Candlesticke 

•Item a Cobbord old Chists a box & bedstead 

Item tables and Chaires bottles & old Gridjron 

Item looking Lanthorne & buccett 

litem a feather bed bolster and two pillowes three blanketts 
a Coverlid & 2 ruggs 

Item a peece of New holland other peeces of linnen serge 
and Cotton remnant of homade Cloth 

Item a Shirt Capps yarne sisers thrid 

'Item 2 selves a hatt and a tray 

Item in beese and himny 

Item in old Cask basketts beer barrels a rundleit 

Item in Corn in the & in the barne 

Item in Come in the Cribb 

"Item in butter and Cheese 

'Item in beefe and pork tallow & hyde & hoggs fatt 

•Item in sheeps woole feathers Tobacco baggs earthen Dish 
brimston 

•Item in Neat Cattle 

•Item in Sheep 

Item in swine 

Item in horse kind 

Item the Cart wheels plow Irons & Gears therunto belong- 
ing 

Item saddle bridle and horse Geares 

Item Sheep Sheers adds & other tools 

These sumes underneath are brought to the Inventor 
the 25 of ffebruary. 1683. Apprised by Jedediah Jones above 
Mensioned Coming not to mind before : 

Utem in boards att 

Item in a hatchell 

Item in skines a paire of Scales 

'Item in bookes 

litem in Geese 

Jtem an old tecken att 

the totall is 116 05 09 



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The lands & housing not prised 

Johu ffuller made oath to the truth of this Inventory this 25 day of 
ffebrewary, 1683-84 before Thomas Hinckley Gov'' John Thacher Assistant 

Samuel' Fuller was of an entirely different disposition from 
his brother Matthew, being eminently pious and retired in his 
habits. He was a good citizen and neighbor, a sincere christian, 
and made rone of the mistakes which got his more impetuous 
brother into trouble at times. His record, while not brilliant, is 
spotless. 



10. SAMUEL' FULLER. 

SAMUEL,^ s. of SamueP and Jane (Lothropp) Fuller, was 

bap. 11 Feby. 1637-8. He m , Anne, dtr. of Dr. 

Matthew Fuller, and his cousin. 

CHILDREN. 
la+MATTHEW," b 

19. BARNABAS,* b m. 25 Feby. 1680-1, Elizabeth 

Young. 

20. JOSEPH,* b. m. Thankful Blossom. 

21. BENJAMIN,* b 

22. DESIRE.* b 

23. SARAH,* b 

There is no record of the family of Samuel Fuller in Barn- 
stable. An inventory of his estate was taken at his house in Barn- 
stable, 29 Dec. 1691. It would appear that he had then been 
dead some time, and that his widow had recently died, and her 
estate was settled by mutual agreement on the 30th. day of the 
same month. All of the heirs sign by mark, indicating that they 
had received no schooling. It is presumed that they were then 
all of legal age, and their names occur in the order above set 
forth. 



18. MATTHEW'' FULLER. 

MATTHEW,* s. of SamueP and Anne (Fuller) Fuller, m. 
25 Feby. 1692-3, Patience Young, probably dtr. of George Young, 
of Scituate, Mass. 



3o6 FULLER. 

CHILDREN. 
24.+ANNE,° b Nov. 1693. 

25. JONATHAN,' b Oct. 1696. m. 3 Mar. 1718, Rebecca 

Perry of Sandwich. 

26. CONTENT," b. 19 Feb. 1698-9. 

27. JEAN,' b. 1704. d. 1708. 

28. DAVID," b Feby. 1706-7 

29. YOUNG." b. 1708. 

30. CORNELIUS.' b 1710. 

Very little is shown of this family in the Barnstable records, 
and they probably removed soon after 17 10. 



24. ANNE' (FULLER) BLISH. 

ANNE,' dtr. of MattheW and Patience (Young) Fuller, 

was b Nov. 1693, 't^ Barnstable, Mass. She m. 17 Oct. 1717, 

Tristram, s. of Joseph and Hannah (Hull) Blish. He was b. . . . 
Apr. 1694, at W. Barnstable, Mass. 

CHILDREN, born in Barnstable. 

42. BENJAMIN' BLISH, b. 6 June, 1718. 

43. ANNA or H.-^NNAH" BLISH, b. 10 Nov. 1719. d. at Colches- 

ter, Conn. 

44. SYLVANUS" BLISH, b. 13 Oct. 1721. 

45. THANKFUL" BLISH, b. 3 Sept. 1725. 

CHILDREN, born at Colchester, Conn. 

46. JOHN" BLISH. b 1727. 

47. JOSEPH" BLISH, b. I Dec. 1729. 

48. PATIENCE' BLISH, b. 2 Feby. 1730. 

49. DAVID" BUSH, b 1732. 

so. MARY' BLISH, b. 8 Mar. 1736. 

Otis has Anne Fuller married to Reuben' Blish, but in this 
he is contradicted by the Barnstable records and by Freeman's 
History of Cape Cod. Reuben^ Blish, the brother of Tristram, 
m. 25 Jany. 171 7, Elizabeth Bodfish, and the next Reuben* was 
not born until 1721. {Sec ante p. 35). 

Among the treasured relics at Plymouth, is the Fuller cradle, 
which was brought over in the Mayflower. It is doubtless genu* 
ine or it never would have been placed in the collection. None of 
these relics are ever permitted to be removed. No inducements 
from loan exhibits or expositions of any kind, no matter what the 
object may be, have ever been able to secure any of them. An- 
other relic, which it is claimed belongs to the Fuller line, is a 
carved oaken chest, which was recently in the possession of Mrs. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 307 

Maria L. Reid, wife of Rev. Louis H. Reid, of Hartford, Conn. 

In tracing the Fuller lines above given, the compiler has only 
endeavored to connect them with his own fannly. Those desiring 
further information, are referred to authorities given below, and 
to the published genealogies of the family. 

References. — Baruslablc, Mass. Tn. & Probate Recs., Free- 
man's History of Cape Cod, Vol. i, pp. 139, 152, 206, 207, 
229,239,271, 279. Vol. 2, pp. 154, 244, 265, 268, 271, 272, 
324, 422, 424, 476, 485. Otis' Barnstable Families, pp. 371 to 384. 
Plymouth Colony Rec, Vo\. Ill, pp. 8, 17. 24, 30, 31, 47, 49, 55, 
70, 72, 127, 147, 150, 153, 216. Goodzvin's Pilgrim Republic, pp. 
338, 339, 607. Soldiers in King Philip's War, pp. 27, 28, 30, 48, 
183. 348, 350, 459, 462. Mrs. Haxtun's Signers of the Mayflow- 
er Compact, pp. 19 and 20. N. E. Gen. Rcgr. IX p. 287. May- 
flower Descendant, Vol. I pp. 10, 16, 78, 79. Vol. 2, pp. 237-241. 
Plymouth Col. Wills &c. Vol. 4, Part II, pp. 138-9. 



REV. JOSEPH HULL. 

Little is known of the early history of Joseph Hull. The 
following record was found in 1870, in the Public Record Office 
in London, and first published in the N. E. Gen. Register. 

WAYMOUTH, ye 2o"i of March, 1635. Bound for New England. 

1. Joseph' Hall, of Somerss' a minisf aged 40 yeare. 

2. Agnis Hall, his wife, aged 25 y^e. 

3. Joane' Hall His daughf aged 15 yeare. 

4. Joseph' Hall, his sonne. aged 13 yeare. 

5. Tristram" Hall, his son, aged ll yeare. 

6. Elizabeth' Hall, his daught^ age 7 yeare. 

7. Temperance' his daunghf aged 9 yeare. 

8. Grissel' Hull, his daughf aged 5 yeare. 

9. Dorothy' Hull, his daughf aged 3 yeare. 
10. Judeth French, his servant, aged 20 yeare. 

'- II. John Wood, his servant, aged 20 yeare. 
12. Robert Dabyn, his servant, aged 28 yeare 

(Hatton's Lists, p. 285. Flist. Magazine, Vol. HI. pp. 261 
& 330. .V. E. Gen. & Hist. Regr. Vol. XXV. p. 13. Pope's 
Pioneers of Mass. p. 247.) 

While the first of the record has the name Hall, the names of 
the last two children are given as Hull. That it is the family 



3o8 HULL. 

of the Rev. Joseph Hull can hardly be doubted, when all of the 
circumstances are consideied: i. That Joseph Hull was a min- 
ister; 2. that the name of his wife was Agnes; 3. that his daugh- 
ter Joanna (Joane) m. John Bursley ; 4. that his daughter Eliza- 
beth m. John Heard ; 5. that he had a son Tristram, whose history 
is well established ; all of -a hich correspond with the names given 
in the list as Hall ; 6. a search of records and indexes fails to 
show any Joseph Hall arriving in this country at or near the time 
given; 7. 5 May, 1635, is given as the date when Joseph Hull, and 
21 other families came over and settled at Wessaguscus, later 
Weymouth, Mass., which would be about the time they should 
have arrived, after shipping March 20. same year. 

CHILDREN of Rev. Joseph Hull. 
Born in England and came over with their father. 

1. JOANNA', b , 1620. 

2. JOSEPH", b 1622. 

3.+TRISTRAM', b. ■• , 1624. 

4. TEMPERANCE', b. , 1626. 

5. ELIZABETH', b i , 162a 

6. GRISSELL', b. , 1630. 

7. DOROTHY', b. , 1632. 

Born in America. 

8. NAOMI', bap. 23 Mar. 1639. 

9. RUTH', bap. 9 May, 1641. (N. E. Gen. Regr. IX 282. 287.) 

Judging by the shippmg record Mr. Hull must have been 
twice married ; the age of his wife Agnes is there given as twenty- 
five, and she probably was not the mother of more than the two 
youngest children who came in the ship, aged five and three years 
respectively. 

The Colony Court made a grant, 4 June, 1639, "to Mr. Jos- 
eph Hull and Thomas Dimoc, with their associates, to erect a 
plantation or town at or about a place called by the Indians ]\Iat- 
tacheese". This was the beginning of the town of Barnstable. 
{Freeman, 1-139). On the nth. of October, 1639, Rev. John 
Lothropp and many of his congregation came from Scituate and 
located here. 

The first day of Thanksgiving is thus chronicled by Mr. 
Lothropp: " Decemb. 11. 1639, att Mr. Hull's house, for God's 
exceeding mercye in bringing us hither Safely, keeping us healthy 
& well in o'' weake beginnings & in o"" church estate. The day be- 
ing very cold, o"' praises to God in publique being ended, wee de- 
vided into three companies to feast togeather, some att Mr. Hull's, 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 309 

50me att Mr. Maio's and some att Brother Lumbard's Senior." 
(iV. E. Gen. Regr. X. 39. Freeman, 2-246). 

The first deputies to the court at Plymouth, from Barn- 
stable, were Mr. Joseph Hull and Mr. Thomas Dimoc, who took 
|their seats the first Thursday in December, 1639. {Freeman, 
2-148.) 

Of the early history of Joseph Hull very little is known. 
'In Mather's Magnalia his name is placed in his "first classis", 
that is "such as were in the actual exercise of their ministry, 
when they left England." It is known that Mr. Hull first 
preached at Weymouth, and his .farewiell discourse there was 
given in Ala}-, 1639, the same monih he came to Barnstable, 
Elder Thomas Dimmock having preceded him in March of the 
same year. At that time the Indians on the Cape numbered over 
five hundred. They were Pokonokets and acknowledged the su- 
premacy of Massasoit, as dieir great sachem. They w^ere divided 
into numerous tribes, each of which was ruled by its own saga- 
more, lyannough, the sachem of the Mattakeset Indians, had 
been dead for some fifteen years, and his territory was divided 
among many claimants. He had no child old enough to succeed 
him. Yanno, the sachem from whom Tristram Hull bought 
lands for the town, in 1664, probably claimed through him. The 
sachem at Hyannis was called "John Hianna." Paupmunnucks 
was the sachem of the Massapee or Marshpee tribe, in the south- 
west part of the town, and Secuncke was sachem of the Scorton 
tribe, at west Barnstable. Sandwich had been settled two years 
and Yarmouth less than one, when Mr. Hull came to Barnstable. 
There were in the plantation about fifteen families, settled in two 
villages, one near Meeting House Hill and the other near Cog- 
gin's pond. Mr. Hull and Mr. Dimmock laid out the lands be- 
tween the two villages, into lots, and those who came with Mr. 
Hull settled thereon. Mr. Hull's house was on the road opposite 
the ancient burial ground. Though unquestionably a minister of 
the gospel, his name does not appear upon the church records 
either as pastor or teacher. On .\pril 15th, 16.1.0, he assisted 
Rev. John Lothropp and Mr. Cobb at the ordination of the Rev. 
John Mayo as teacher elder of the church. (.V. E. Gen. Regr. 
X, p. 37. Otis' Barnstable Families.) 

Precisely what was Mr. Hull's ecclesiastical position seems 
uncertain. According to Mr. Lothropp's diary he was excom- 
municated. " Mr. Hull exconimunnicated for his willfull breake- 



3IO HULL. 

ing of communion w' us & joyning himselfe a member \v' a com- 
panie at Yarmouth to be their Pastour, contrarie to y^ advise and 
Counsell of o' Church, May i. 1641". [N. E. Gen. Regr. X p. 
41). A warrant was issued by the Court at Plymouth, 7 Mar. 
1642-3, as follows : " It is ordered that a warrant shalbe directed 
to the Constable of Yarmouth to appHiend Mr. Joseph Hull, (if 
he do either exercise the ministery amongst them or administer 
scales), to bring him before the next magistrate to fynd sufficient 
sureties for his apparance the next Genall court, to answare his 
doings bcifa an excomunicant." (Plyin. Col. Rcc. II. p. 53. 
Freeman, 1-172. ) This warrant was never served, and Mr. Hull 
was received back into the church, as shown by the following en- 
try of Mr. Lothropp: — "Mr. Hull in the acknowledgeing his sinn 
& renueing his covenaunt was received again into fellowship 
with us, Aug. 10, 1643." (^'- -E- GcH. Regr. X p. 41.). His wife 
seems to have been subjected to the same discipline, — "Our Sys- 
ter Hull renewed her covenaunt with us, renounceing her joyning 
with tliem at Yarmouth, confessing her evil in soe doeing w' sor- 
row. Mar. II. 1642." (TV. E. Gen. Regr. X p. 39). 

It is difficult to understand the stand taken by Rev. John 
Lothropp and others against ?ilr. 'Hull, who seems to have not only 
been an energetic man, but also a sincere Christian. He desisted 
from preaching at Yarmouth after the court had forbidden him, 
and in the spring of 1643, removed to Dover. The odium at- 
tached to the prosecution seems to have followed him there, as 
Gov. Winthrop says under date of May 10, 1643, when articles of 
confederation were adopted by the Colonies, "Those of Sir Fer- 
dinando Gorge his province beyond Pascataquack, were not re- 
ceived or called into the confederation, because they ran adiferent 
from us both in their ministry and civil administration ; for they 
had lately made Acomenticus, (Dover), a poor village, a corpora- 
tion, and had made a taylor their mayor, and had entertained one 
Hull, an excommunicated person and very contentious, their min- 
ister." This illustrates the old saying of giving a dog a bad name 
and every one will kick at him. He had been received into full 
fellowship at Barnstable, before going to Dover. Mr. John Burs- 
ley, w*ho had married his daughter, Joanna, traded with the east- 
ern Indians at Dover, and the removal of Mr. Hull there was 
likely induced by him. Cotton Mather speaks of him as "a rev- 
erend minister." Just how long he remained at Dover is uncer- 
tain. Gov. Winthrop mentions him as minister at Dover in 1646, 
and Bishop mentions him as being minister at Dover or Oyster 
River, which were near together. Bishop says that Mary Temp- 



ULiSli GEiNEALOGY. 311 

kins and Alice Ambrose, on the Sabbath, attended Mr. Hull's 
place of worship, and both standing up "before the old man, he 
began to be troubled ; and having spoken against woman's preach- 
ing, he was confounded, and knew not well what to say, where- 
upon JMary standing up declared the truth to the people." {Bisit 
op's Quaker Persecutions.) She was put down and carried out 
of the house, and Bishop says, that in the melee "the Priest 
pinched her arm." That this was anything serious, may be 
doubted. No doubt that Mr. Hull, seeing his meeting invaded by 
Quakers, who insisted on speaking, would naturally resent such 
interference. In the afternoon the Quakers held a separate 
meeting, which was not molested. A little time after this he re- 
moved to the Isles of Shoals, and preached in a meeting house 
on Hog Island, which had been built in 1641. From a mention 
in Neal's History of New England, it appears that he went there 
prior to 1659. -^^ died 19 Nov. 1665, which would make him 
about sixty-nine or seventy years old, if the shipping record states 
his age correctly. Mr. Otis has diligently collected all references 
to Mr. Hull, and concludes that the opinion expressed by Gov. 
Winthrop is erroneous and misleading. (Otis' Barnstable Fam 
Hies. ) 

The salary paid Mr. Hull was inadequate for the support of 
his large family, and he engaged in agriculture, especially the 
raising of cattle and horses for market. It appears that he took 
care of cattle sent out from England, for a portion of the inc- 
crease, v.-hich was a common practice at that time. Without doubt 
the extensive salt meadows and greater facilities for raising cat- 
tle was the strongest inducement for people to remove to Barn- 
stable, or Mattakeset, as it was then called. After the coming of 
Mr. John Lothropp and his congregation, they assumed control 
of municipal affairs, and as Mr. Dimmock and others of the first 
comers, preferred the preaching of Mr. Lothropp, Mr. Hull was 
left with a small follownig. He was blamed for selling land to 
Samuel Hinckley, which the town afterward took possession of, 
and Mr. Hinckley sued him for damages. Mr. Hull offered to 
settle, but Mr. Hinckley took the matter into court. The decision 
of the court was exactly in accord with the offer which Mr. Hull 
had made, that he should refund to Mr. Hinckley 20 shillings 
and that the town should return one half of the land. As this 
was the only law suit in which his name appears, it caimot be truth- 
fully said that he was "a contentious man." (Plym. Col. Rec. II 
44.) 



312 



HULL. 



In Yarmouth the Rev. Marmaduke Matthews, a Welchman, 
was the settled minister. He was witty and learned, but not dis- 
tinguished for depth of thought or sound judgment. Many of 
his parishoners were dissatisfied with him as a minister, among 
whom were Dr. Thomas Starr, Mr. William Nickerson, Hugh 
Tilley and Joshua Barnes. Undoubtedly these and others in- 
vited Mr. Hull to Yarmouth, and in the spring of 1641, he re- 
moved and was pastor of a small congregation, composed partly 
of his Barnstable friends and the opponents of Mr. Matthews. 
For thus presuming to worship God in the manner and place they 
desired, the church in Barnstable, under the leadership of Rev. 
John Lothropp, hurled letters of excommunication against Mr. 
Hull and those who dared to follow him. These letters having 
no perceptible effect, the power of the civil magistrates was in- 
voked, and in March, 1642-3, a warrant was issued for the arrest 
of Mr. Hull, for the crime of preaching at Yarmouth, "he being 
an excommunicated person." Rather than continue the con- 
tention, and for the sake of peace, he desisted, and was taken 
back into full communion by the Barnstable church. His subse- 
quent settlement at Dover seems to have given offense to Gov. 
Winthrop, who was evidently prejudiced against him, which fact 
should greatly modify his estimate of his character. Had he been 
a bad man, or a "contentious man," he would hardly have been 
taken back by the Barnstable people, and Mr. Lothropp in his 
diary, nowhere speaks of him as such. He seems to have found 
peace in the Isles of Shoals, where he spent his last years. 

Mr. Savage says of Mr. Hull, "It is necessary to follow 
the poor man to the Isles of Shoals, Maine, where, not long be- 
fore his death, 19 Nov. 1665, he had been preaching, as his wid- 
ow, Agnes, showed in her Inventory of his estate, 'The Isle owes 
him for his ministry, i20." This inventory foots up £52-5-5, of 
which £10 is for books. 



3. TRISTRAM' HULL. 

TRISTRAM, the third child of Rev. Joseph Hull, was b. 
in England about 1624, and came to America with his father in. 
1635, at the age of eleven years. From some of the early records 
it would appear that he was somewhat wayward in his younger 
days, but later settled down and became a prominent and useful 
citizen. The following records tell their own story. 



BUSH GENEALOGY. 313 

1641. I Mar. Among the list of people fined, etc. 

"Tristram Hull of Yarmouth, for vnclean practices." 

{Plym. Col. Rec. II. 36.) 

In 1643, Tristram Hull was in Yarmouth, and is mentioned 
as one of the persone liable to bear arms ; The town having been 
ordered to "Provide a place of defense against sudden assault." 

(Freeman, 1-182.) 

1647. I June. Constables of Yarmouth : Tristra Hull. 

(Plym. Col. Rec. II. 115.) 

1651. 5 June. "Ppounded to take vp theire freedom: 
Tristram Hull. Abra'm Blush." (Plym Col. Rec. II. 167.) 

1652. The wife of Tristram Hull, of Barnstable, "for in- 
terfering with the service of a domestic in Mr. Samuel Mayo's 
family, was warned by the court to desist and carry herself bet- 
ter for the future. (Freeman, 1-205.) 

1654 May. Tristram Hull admitted as a freeman and 
Sworn. (Plym. Col. Rec. III. 5.) 

1655. Presentments of the Grand Enquest. 

"W'ee p''sent John Gorum for vnseamly carriage towards 
Blanch Hull at vnseasonable time, being in the night. 

"Vi'ce p''sent Blanch Hull for not crying out when shee was 
assaulted by John Gorum in vnseamly carriage towards her vpon 
her owne relation. (Plym. Col. Rec. III. 97.) 

1656-7. 3 Feby. Nicholas Upsall was accused of holding 
meetings and inveighing against ministers and magistrates. 
Tristram Hull who brought him into this Government, is accord- 
ing to order required to carry him away again by the first of 
March next." (Plym. Col. Rec. III. in.) 

1656-7. 5 Mar. "A warrant was directed requiring the con- 
stables of Sandwidge and Barnstable, from one to the other, to 
convey Nicholas Vpisall to Tristram Hull to bee recaried out of 
the goument." (Plym. Col. Rec. III. 113.) 

About 1657, the spirit of intolerance against Quakers seems 
to have become openly and deeply manifest. Manly complaints 
were made against them, and they were arrested, fined, whipped, 



314 HULL. 

imprisoned or sent out of the colony. It was ordered by the 
court, that Nicholas Upsall, "the instigator of all this mischief, 
be carried out of the go\-«rnment, by Tristum Hull, who brought 
him in."' 

Upsall was a member of a Boston church, and a very old 
man. Disapproving of the Quaker persecution, he had been ar- 
rested, fined £20, and banished on the charge of having "re- 
proached the magistrates and spoken against the law." He 
went to Plymouth, where, alas, the laws forbade the people, under 
severe penalties, to receive or entertain him. In his extremity, 
he met Tristram Hull, and was permitted to accompany him o:- 
his return to the Cape, at least as far as Sandwich. For this 
Hull was haled before the court and fined and compelled to take 
Upsall away. However culpable he may have been under the 
stringent laws of the times, and whatever may have been his other 
delinquencies, the descendants of Tristram Hull will honor his 
goodness of heart and broad humanity in the sUnd he took. 

(Freeman, 1-222.) 

1658. 13 Feb. Tristram Hull was on the coroner's jury at 
the inquest held on the body of a two-year old child of Nicholas 
Davis, found drowned. {Plym. Col. Rcc. III. 146-7.) 

1660-1. 5 Mar. A black horse was cryed att this court, 
which was the horse which was in controversy betwixt Tristram 
Hull and Mr. Thomas Bourn. This is referred to the court of 
Assistants to bee holden in May next to bee fully ended. 10 s. 
allowed to Tristram Hull for charges for attendance about this 
horse." {Plym. Col. Rec. III. 208.) 

1661. 4 June. "Tristram Hull was a constable in Barn- 
stable. 

1662-3 ^lai". "Att this court Josias Hallott and Thomas 
Starr, for goeing into the house of John Done Juni'' att East- 
ham, there being nobody att Home and behauing themselues 
vnciuilly therein, ransacking the house for liquors and drinking 
thereof, and for v.riting and setting vp a libelouse and scandal- 
ouse paper in Verses in said house and leaning of it there, were 
sentenced by the court to find sureties for theire behauior vntil 
the next General court, to bee holden att Plymouth, the first 
Tuesday in June next, and longer time, if the court shall see 
cause, and to pay a fine, each of them, the sume of fifty shil- 
linges." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 315 

Josias Hallott acknowlidgeth to owe vnto our sou Lord, the 
Kinge, the sume of £20-00-00. Trustrum Hull the sume of 
£10-00-00. The condition that if the said Josias Hallott bee of 
good behauior towards our sou Lord," etc. {Plym. Col. Rec. 
IV. 31-32.) 

1663. I Apr. Account of wine and liquors and powder and 
shott that hath bine giuen in to mee that hath bine brought into 
Barnstable the first of Aprill, 1663. • • » * 

Trustram Hull the 4th. of June, 100 Gallons of liquors, and 
in Nouember si.x cases of liquors and a barrel of powder & 200 
weight of shott for Mr. Thomas Clarke, hee brought about 20 

gall ot rum. P"" me Joseph Laythorp. 

Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 52, 53.) 

In 1664, Tristram Hull acted as agent for the town of 
Barnstable in the purchace of some Indian lands, and the follow- 
ing curious deed verifies the transaction : — 

"These presents witness, That I, Yanno, sachem, have 
freely and absolutely bargained and sold unto Thomas Hinckley, 
Nathaniel Bacon and Tristram Hull, in behalf and for the use 
of the town of Barnstable, all that tract of land lying and being 
at the South Sea, in the precinct of Barnstable: — bounded east- 
erly by the bounds of Yarmouth ; northerly by the lands bought 
of Paupmunnuck, excepting the skirts of good land at the head" 
of the Cove, and what he hath already given to Nicholas Davis„ 
a trader from Rhode Island ; in consideration of £20 and two 
small pair of breeches, to me in hand paid by Tristram Hull,. 
wherewith he, the said Yanno, rests himself fully satisfied .ir ■ 
paid for those lands, with warranties against any Indians what- 
ever laying any lawful claims thereunto. This igth. July, 1664. 

The mark + of YANNO. 
Witness, Sam'l Wally Jr. 

The mark + of Indian WILL." 

"It was agreed by the town that Nicholas Davis shall quietly 
enjoy the lands which Yanno has given him on or about Sam's 
Neck." {Freeman, 2-26&-9.) 

1665. 7 June. Trustram Hull was on the Grand Enquest. 
. • , {Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 91.) 



3i6 HULL. 

Account of liquors brought into the town of Eastham, as 
followieth : 

28th. of 9 month, 1664. • • * • • 

Trustran Hull of Barnstable brought a barrel of rum to 
the towne of Eastham and sold it, but gave noe account 
of it to either of vs, and wee thought to giue the court 
notice of it. 

Willam Walker, 

John Done. {Plym. Col. Res. IV. 100.) 

,. 1665. 2 Dec. Att this court Nathaniel Bacon, John Chip- 
man, John Tomson and Trustram Hull were approued by the 
court to bee selectmen for the towne of Barnstable. {Plym. Col. 
Rec. IV. 112.) 

1666. 5 June. The same men were "approued as Celect 
Men for Barnstable. {Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 124.) 

1666. 5 June. Att this court Elizabeth, the wife of John 
Williams, appeered with complaint against her husband, the 
sand John Williams, for his great abusiue and vnaturall carry- 
ages towards her, both in word and deed, in defaming her and 
rendering lier to bee a whore and by p''sisting in his refusing to 
p''forme marriage duty vnto her according to what both the law 
of God and man requireth, which more at large appeereth by the 
writing vnder her hand." 

A jury was empaneled to try the case, on which was Trust- 
ram Hull. "These found the abouesaid complaint to bee true or 
just. Whereupon the court gave her liberty to live apart from 
her husband, vntil the court shall otherwise order," he to "ap- 
parell her suitably and furnish her with bed and beding and such 
like nesesaryes, and to alow her ten pounds yearly to maintain 
her while shee shal bee thuse absent from him; and for the 
p''formance heerof do^; require that hee put in cecurtie." 

"2condly. For that hee hath greatly defamed and other- 
wise abused his said wife in the p''mises, wee adjudge him to 
stand in the street or market place by the post, with an inscrip- 
tion ouer him that may declare to the world his vnworthy car- 
riages towards his wife." (Marginal note.) "Att the earnest 
request of his wife this p'te of the centence was remited and not 
executed." 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 317 

3rd • * • ^gg (JQg amerce him to pay a fine 
of twenty pound to the vse of the colonie." (Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 
125-6.) 

This same matter had first come up on the wife's complaint, 
in June, 1665, and again in October of the same year. They 
seem never to have become reconciled, asi in July, 1668, he en- 
gaged to pay towards his wife's maintainance "a barrel of beife, 
a barrel of porkle, * * a good cow not to exceed 
eight yeare old," etc. "at the now dwelling house of John 
Williams, in Scituate, the second Tuesday in May next. (Plym. 
Col. Rec. IV. 191.) ' , 

1665. Oct. 3 John Williams Juni' is alowed and appointe3 
by the court to bee guardian unto John Barker, and is required 
by the court to bringe him. vp in the way of education and learn- 
ing soe as may bee to his advantage and healp when hee comes 
to bee of age, by putting him forth to a trad," etc.* {Plym. Col. 
Rec. IV. 108.) 

1666. 31 Oct. Trustram Hull attested an apology of Will- 
iam Nicarson for defaming Thomas Hinckley. {Plym. Col. Rec. 
JV- I35-) 

1666-7. 5 Mar. "Letters of adminnestration was graunted 

by the court vnto Joseph Holley and Marke Redley, to admines- 
ter on the estate of Mr. Trustram Hull of Barnstable, deceased." 

{Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 141.) 

1667-8. 5 Mar. Nathaniel Bacon and Joseph Laythorpe ap- 
pointed guardians of Joseph son of Mr. Trustram Hull, de- 
ceased. {Plym. Col. Rec. IV. 175.) 

1670. Mar. 8. Att this court Hannah Hull made choice of 

Joseph Holley and Nathaniel Fitsrandall to bee her guardians, 
which was approued by the court. {Plym. Col. Rec. V. p. 52.) 



Tristram Hull m Blanch 

CHILDREN, b. in Barnstable. 
10. MARY', b. Sept. 1645. 

11. SARAH', b March, 

12. JOSEPH', b. .... June, 1652. 

13. JOHN', b March, 1654. 

14.-I-HANNAH', b Feby. 1656. 



•See ante pp. 8. 9. and 10 for suit of John Barker vs. lohn Williams. 



3i8 LOTHROPP. 

In his will, dated 20 Dec. 1666, he names his five children^ 
Joseph, John, Mary, Sarah and Hannah, and his wife, Blanch.** 
Blanch Hull m. as her second husband, Capt, William Hedg,e of 
Yarmouth, whom she outlived. 

JOSEPH' HULL, s. of Tristram, was a cooper by trade,^ 
and inherited the paternal estate. He m Oct. 1676, Exper- 
ience Harper, and had a son Tristium, b. 8 Oct. 1677. He sold 
his estate, 7 Feby, 1678, to Capt, John Lothrop, for £85, his 
jnother Blanch, and his wife. Experience, joining in the deed. 
He I 'moved to Falmouth and purchased of Jacob Perkins aa 
estate, for £105. 

CAPT. JOHN' HULL, s. of Tristram, removed to Rhode 
Island, where he has descendants. He sailed a ship between 
Newport and London. 

HANNAH' HULL, dtr. of Tristram,' m. 15 Sept., 1G74,. 
Joseph Blish, of West Barnstable. (See ante, p. 150/ seq.) 



(••N. £. Gen Rtgr. VI. 188.) 



LOTHROPP. 



The parish of Lowthorpe is located in the wapentake of 
Dickering in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Whether 
the parish is named from the Lowthorp, Lothrop or Lathrop 
family or the family name taken from the parish, is an open 
question. Walter de Lowthorpe was sheriff of Yorkshire in 1216.. 
Numerous other records of the name are given in the Lothrop 
Genealogy, edited by the Rev. E. B. Huntington and published 
in 1889. The earliest authentic and connected record of the 
family begins with — 

1. JOHN LOWTHROPPE. 

Early in the i6th. century he was living in Cherry Burton,. 

sometimes called "Sheriburton," a parish about four miles from 
Lowthorpe. Though belonging to a junior branch of the family,. 



BLISH GENEALO;GY. 319 

he was a gentleman of extensive landed interests. In the 37th. 
year of Henry the VIII, (1545) he apears in the Yorkshire sub- 
sidy rolls, assessed for twice as much as any other man in the 
parish. He had a son. — 

2. ROBERT LOWTHROPPE, 

who succeeded to the estates of his father and made con- 
siderable additions thereto in his lifetime. He m. Ellen 
who survived him some 14 years. 

. CHILDREN. 

3. + THOMAS. 

4. JOHN. 

5. L.\.\VRENCE. 

6. MARGARET. 

Robert Lo\vthroppe d. in 1558 and his will, dated 16 July, 
1558, was probated 20 Oct. 1558, at York. 

WILL OF ROBERT LOWTHROPPE. 

1. To y' blessed sacrament of y altar of forgotten tythes, t. t. 

2. To the poor people at my burial, 4 marks, by my e-xecutors. 

3. To y<= Church of Shcriburton, 6s. 8d. 

4. To son John all lands and tenements in So. Dalton and all freer 
hold lands & titles; the lands in Burton purchased of Richard Fenle and 
Marmaduke Whytinge; in default of issue from him, the reversion of 
the foregoing to be unto my son Lawrence and his heirs. 

5. 'Po son Thomas all lands and their appurtenances in Walkinton. 

6. To my daughter Margaret the messuage in Beverlaie, in the 
•tenore of Christopher More; and if she fail of issue, this also to go to 
'Lawrence. 

7. To wife Ellen, during widowhood, and then to son Thomas, 
all leases and terms of years of my two fermolds in Burton and Rain- 
thorpe ; if she shall marry or die. the leases to remain in Thomas and 
Ills executors and heirs. The said Ellen and Thomas are to succor with 
meat, drink and House room in said fermold in Burton, all the rest of 
the children of their several marriages. 

8. To daughter Margaret fourty marks. 
g. To son John a gray stoned horse. 

ID. To son Thomas an ambling gelding, dapple gray. 

11. To son Lawrence a bright bay gelding. 

12. To my daughter Margaret a branded fleet cow, in considera- 
tion of one I sold which my father gave to her; also a lead, a table, 

2 chairs, 2 lavers, z trestles, a forme with great with eaves, 

2 basings. 2 candlesticks, 12 pieces of pewther, and y<^ best (beast) y' 
came from Beverlaie. 

13. To everie of my godchildren. 4d. 

14. To everie of my sisters children, 8d. 



320 LOTHROPP. 

15. To my three sisters, everie of them, 8d. 

16. To John Swinburn, John Pickering, William Fisher, Robert 
Barnes, Gawin & Hewe Mason, my servants, everie of them, halfe a quar 
iter of barlye. 

17. To Catherine Shadlock, maid servant, half a quarter of barlye 
and a bushel of wheat. 

18. To Elizabeth Thornton & Isabell Coke, maid servants, either of 
them, a mett of barley. 

19. To y^ township of So. Burton, 6s, 8d. 

20. To the children of William Burne, everie of them, 8d. 

21. To William and John, sons of Henry Sowersby, 7d. each. 

22. To Alison Smison and Henry Eynks, 4d. 

23. To Robert Binks, 4d. 

24. To everie of my three sons, a bound wain and gear. 

25. To Richard Eshton a quarter of barley. 

26. To Robert Hoyeson, Robert Wilson, William Burne, Robert 
Patenson & John Patenson, 20 d. 

27. To Thomas Jervis, 6s. 8d. 

28. To Mr. John Eglesfield. Esq., supervisor of this will, 20s. 

29. To sen Thomas two draughts nante — a hawked and a browne, 
and fourtie weathers, such as he will choose. 

30. To son John a cow, such as daughter Margaret will appoint, and 
^a couple stotes goying at Harswell, such as he choose. 

31. To son Lawrence two stotes. 

32. To daughter Margaret two whies goying at Harswell. 

33. To y« Priests, 20s. 

34. To ye clerk, I2d. 

35. To William Burne my buckskin doublet. 

36. To Robert Johnson my vilett jacket 

37. To Simon Naves, my second best vilett jacket. 

38. To son Thomas a jack, a bill, a steel cap, and a pair of splents. 

39. To wife Ellen, son John, son Thomas, son Lawrence, and 
■djirfghter Margaret, the rest of the estate, and all are appointed executors. 



3. THOMAS LOTHROPPE. 

b. in Cherry Burton, m. (i) Elizabeth Qarke, a widow, by 
whom he had the following children : — 



CHILDREN. 

7 ROBERT, 

8. CATHERINE, 

9. AWDREY, 
ID. ELIZABETH, 

11. ANNE, bap. 13 Feby. 1568-9. d. youny. 

12. ISABELL. bap. 3 July. 1570. 

13. MARTIN, bap. 21 Oct. 1572. bur. 12 Nov. 1572. 

14. ANDREW, bap. 23 Apr. 1574. 

His wife Elizabeth d. 29 July, 1754, and is buried in Etton. 

He m. (2) Mary , by whom he had the following 

children : — 



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15. ANNE, bap. 29 July, 1576. 

16. MARY, 

17. THOMAS', bap. 14 Oct. 1582. He was educated in Queen's Col- 
lege, Cambridge, and took the bachelors degree in 1604. He w»« 
at the time of his death the Rector of Dengie, in Essex. 

18.+JOHN, bap. in Etton, 20 Dec. 1584. 

19. WILLIAM, bap. 24 May, 1587. 

Mary, the second wife, d, 6 Jany. 1588, and he m. (3) 
Jane , by whom he had the following children : — 

20. MARGARET, bap. 13 Feby. 1590-1. 

21. ISABELL, bap. 29 Sept. 1592. 

22. LUCY. bap. 4 Jany. I593-4. 

23. RICHARD, bap. 12 Oct. 1595. 

24. MARK, bap. 27 Sept. 1597. 

25. LAWRENCE, bap. 29 Aug. J599. 

26. JANE. bap. 14 Mar. 1600-1. 

27. JOSEPH, bap. 31 Dec. 1602. 

28. BARTHOLOMEW, bap. i Mar. 1604-5. 

Thomas Lothroppe removed to Etton, Harthill, wapentake. 
East Riding, Yorkshire, about 1576, and d. there in 1606. His 
will is dated 5 Oct. 1606, and was proven the following January. 
It will be observed that the educated sons are not mentioned ia 
the will, viz : Thomas and John. 

WILL OF THOMAS LOTHROPPE, 

I. To Jaine, my wife, the lease for twelve years for the education 
of my younge children, whom I give unto her with these legacies. 

To Richard, my sonne,* if he die then to my son Mark, and if he 
be not of age, XXI, my son to be tutor unto him. 

3. To Jane my weiff and Lawrence my sonne the lease of West" 
wood, the leas in the territories of Scarborough. 

4. To Robart. three kye gatts in Etton. 

5. To Markes, Lawrence, Joseph and Bartholomew — moiety of the 
■lease in Etton pke or Calfe pke. 

6. To Bartholomew pte freehold land called teinple wood. 

7. To Robart, best horse. 

8. To Isabell Burne, my daughter, one cowe. 

9. To Katherine .'\ket. my daughter, one cowe. 

10. To William Wykam, Thomas Wykam and Jane Wykam, chil- 
dren of my daughter Audrie Wykam, one cowe among them. 

II. To Robert my best bound wayne. 

12. To Robert all of my freehold lands in So. Dalton and Walkin- 
iton. 

'3- To Jane, Anne, Isabell and Elizabeth Akeit, daughters of Will- 
.iam Akeit my son in lawe. each of them one cowe. 

14. To the Poore of Etton, vjs, viijd. 

15. The rest to Jane, my weifF, Richard, Lawrence, Marks, Joseph, 
Bartholomew, my sons, and Margaret, Luce and Jane Lowthorp, my 
daughters, whom I make executors. 

Proved 15 Jany. 1606-7. 



•Evidently there is an omission here, either in the will or the copy of 
the record. 



2,22 LOTHROPP. 

18. REV. JOHN LOTHROPP. 

JOHN LOTHROPP, the 12th. child of Thomas Lothropp 
and Mary, his wife, was baptized at Etton, Yorkshire, England, 
20 Dec. 1584. He married in England, and had the following 

CHILDREN. 
27.+JANE, bap. 29 Sept. 1614, in Egerton, Kent, England. 

28. ANN. bap. 12 May, 1616, d. 1619. 

29. JOHN, bap. 22 Feby. 1617-18. 

30. BARBARA, bap. 31 Oct. 1619. 

31. THOMAS, b , 1621. 

32. SAMUEL, b. , d. 19 Feby. 1701. 

33. JOSEPH, b 1624. d 1702. 

34. BENJAMMJN, b 

His first wife sickened and died while he was imprisoned in 
London. It is the best opinion of genealogists, that he did not 
remarry before leaving England, but must have married shortly 
after coming to America. His children b. in Scituate, Mass., 
were : — 

35- BARNABAS, bap. 6 June, 1636. 
j6. A daughter, b. 30 July, 1638, and d. same day. 
Born in Barnstable, Mass. 

37. ABIGAIL, bap. 2 Nov. 1639. m. James Clark, 7 Oct. 1657. 

38. BATHSHUA, bap. zy Feby. 1641. m. Alex. Marsh, and d. 8 
Jany. 1723. In her husband's will she is called "Bathsheba." 

39. JOHN, b. 9 Feby. 1644. 

40. A son, b. 25 Jany. 1649. "A man child of John Lothropp dying 

immediately after it was borne ; buryed Jann. 25, 1649." 

It was supposed that Rev. John Lothropp was educated at 
Oxford, and it was so stated by Deane, in his history of Scituate 
and the Rev. John Lothrop, of Boston, in his memoir, and by Mr. 
Savage, but later investigations indicate that both he and his 
brother Thomas were educated at Queen's College, in Cam- 
brif'ge, where he matriculated in 1601, received the degree of 
B A., in 1605, and that of M. A., in 1609. Authentic records 
locate him at Egerton, Kent, 48 miles south-east of London, as 
cumte of the parish. To this living he was admitted about 161 1, 
by the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul. He was there in the fall 
of 1614, and the last report of his family there is in the fall of 
1619. It was probably his first and last parish, as minister of 
the Church of England. The church in which he officiated was 
an ancient structure, standing on the summit of a rounded hill. 
It was dedicated to St. James, and consisted of two aisles and a 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 323 

chancel. He remained here as long as his conscience and judg- 
ment could approve the ritual and government of the church. la 
162.^ he bid adieu to the church of his youth and espoused the 
cause of the Independents, with no misgivings. He left Eger- 
ton and the next year vvas called to take the place of the Rev. 
Henry Jacobs, pastor of the first Independent or Congregation- 
alist Society, in London. This church was situated on Union 
street, in Southwark, later known as Deadman's place, by reason 
of the cemetery attached. At this time they held no public wor- 
ship, their meetings being declared illegal and persecutions hav- 
ing begun. They gathered in secret. For some eight years Mr. 
Lothropp held this congregation together, under extreme vicis- 
situdes. They were at last hunted down by Tomlinson, the 
wily pursuivant of the Bishop, and on April 22nd. 1632, while 
holdmg a meeting in the rooms of Humphrey Barnet, a brewer's 
clerk in Black Friars, forty-two of them were arrested and 
thrown into prison, Mr. Lothropp being among them. They 
Were imprisoned until the spring of 1634, when most of them, 
excepting Mr. Lathropp, were released on bail. Mr. Lathropp 
obtained permission to visit his wife and pray with her during 
her dying hours, but was remanded to prison. 

The following records of the court proceedings are found in 
the New Record ofifice in Fetter Lane, London : — 

"1634. June 12. John Lathrop of Lambeth Marsh: Bond 
to be served and he attached if he appear not on the next court 
day." 

June 19. Bond ordered to be served and to be attached for 
non-appearance. " 

Oct. 9. John Lathrop and Samuel Eaton to be attached 
for non-appearance." 

1634-5. Feby. 19. John Lathrop and Samuel Eaton for con- 
tempt in not appearing to answer concerning their keeping con- 
venticles ; their bonds ordered to be certified and they attached 
and committed." 

After the death of Mr. Lothropp's wife, his children repaired 
to the Bishop at Lambeth, and sought his release. This was 
granted upon condition of his leaving the country, and the follow- 
ing entry was made in the court proceedings: 



324 LOTHROPP. 

1634. Apr. 24. John Lathrop enlarged on bond to appear 
in Trinity term and not to be present at any private conven- 
ticles." 

This order opened the door for his escape to America. Gov. 
Winthrop's journal, (p. 71) under date of 18 Sept. 1634, says, 
"The Griffin and another ship now arriving with two hundred 
passengers. Mr. Lathrop and Mr. Sims, two Godly ministers 
coming in the same ship." When he reached Boston with a por- 
tion of his London flock, he found that preparations had been made 
to welcome them to the new home in Scituate. At least nine 
pioneers had built houses there, and thither he and his people 
repaired, Sept. 27th. 1634. James Cudworth, one of his parish- 
oners, in a letter to Rev. Dr. John Stougliton concerning the set- 
tlem»ents near Boston, says, — "Ours, Cittawate, to whom the 
Lord has bine very gracious & his p''vidence Admorably sene, 
beyinge to bringe vs oure Pastor, whome wee so longe ex- 
pected, Mr. Lathorpe, whom the Lord has brought to vs in 
safety and whome wee find to bee a holy, Reverat & heavenly- 
minded man." He was soon ordained, as shown by his own 
records: — "Jany. 19. 1634-5. att my house uppon w'^h day 
I was chosen Pastour and invested into office." The question 
of baptism by immersion and by sprinkling had arisen early in 
the independent churches, but Mr. Lothropp had wisely refrain- 
ed from taking any stand upon the question while in England, 
but after he was established at Barnstable, he wrote a tract on 
the subject, which was published in London. 

That he was a widower at the time he became pastor at 
Scituate is probable, though he must have married soon after, 
from the record of his church, — "My wife and Brother Fox- 
well's wife joined having their dismission from elsewhere, 14 
June 1635." Nothing further is known of his wife, excepting 
that her name was Anna, and that she was a widow, with chil- 
dren. Otis says she was the widow Ann Hammond, which may 
be correct, but the date of the marriage given by him, 17 Feby. 
1636-7, is contradicted by the church record kept by Mr. Loth- 
rop himself. Just how many of Mr. Lothropp's children came 
over with him i? unknown. Mr. Otis infers, from the fact that 
they were well educated that some of them remained in England 
or returned there to study. When Mr. Lothropp came to Scitu- 
ate, he found, in addition to those who had come over with him, 
nine families in Scituate, that he had known in England. In 1635 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 32S 

the settlement was largely increased, mainly by emigration from 
Kent, and in two years after he came thirty-one new houses were 
built. The meeting house was finished and dedicated November 
10 and II, 1636, prior to which worship had been conducted 
mainly in the house of James Cudworth. By Nov. nth, 1635, 
sixty-two names had been entered on the church register. These 
from his own family joined later: "Isaac Robinson and my sonn 
Fuller joyned having their letters of dismission from Plimouth 
unto us Novemb. 7. 1636." "My son Tliomas Lothropp joyned 
May 4, 1637." "My brother Linnell & wife having letter of dis- 
mission from the church in London joyned to us Septemb. 16. 
1638." Though welcomed to , Scituate, Mr. Lothropp's labors 
there were not without some troubles. The question of baptism 
caused some disturbance. Personally he was liberal and believed 
that the rite was symbolical, and was willing that each individual 
should decide for himself. He professed no creed and proclaimed 
the great truth, that man is not responsible to his fellow man in 
matters of faith and conscience. Differences of opinion he tol- 
erated and kindly reproved the wayward. 

In September, 1639, a grant was obtained for a settlement at 
Mattakeese, between Yarmouth and Sandwich, and in October the 
settlement was begun, chiefly by people from Scituate. Only two 
persons, Mr. Joseph Hull and Thomas Dimoc. are mentioned in 
the grant, but many persons of note are named as "associates", 
among them the Rev. John Lothropp. Some twenty families 
went with him from Scituate. Differerrt reasons have been as- 
signed for this removal. Mr. Deane says that the mode of bap- 
tism was the chief cause of dissension in Mr. Lothropp's church. 
Mr. Otis differs with him, mainly on the ground of Mr. Lo- 
thropp's known liberality on this question, and assigns as the 
main reason the fact that their assignments of land at Scituate, 
by reason of the number of inhabitants, had become too small for 
their comfortable maintainance. The location at Mattakeese, 
which later was named Barnstable, offered good pastures and 
facilities for raising cattle and horses, which was one of their 
chief sources of income. The better reasoning seems to be with 
Mr. Otis. 

On the 29th of June, 1639, O- ^-^ (9 .T"'.^'. new) a pioneer 
company left Scituate for Mattakeese or Mattakcset. Their ob- 
ject was to secure a winter's supply of provender for their cattle 
and to build houses for themselves and for the larger company. 



326 LOTHROPP. 

who remained in Scituate until their annual crops had been se- 
cured. Mattakeset was incorporated as a town 14 June, 1639, 
new style, and called Barnstable. It was probably named for 
Barnstaple, in Devonshire, England, whence many of them took 
their departure for America. No church had been organized be- 
fore the coming of the Rev. John Lothropp, but meetings were 
held, the Rev. Joseph Hull, the leading man of the plantation, as>- 
sisted by Rev. John Mayo, officiating. The first meeting house 
was built in 1646, prior to which date meetings were held either 
in the open air or at private houses. On Dec. nth, 1639, O. S., 
the first Thanksgiving was observed at Barnstable in the house of 
Joseph Hull, which has already been noted in the account of Mr. 
Hull. (Ante p. 308.) 

The division of the common lands mainly engrossed the at- 
tention of the settlers in the winter of 1639-40. A day of fasting 
was set apart April 25th, to invoke the Divine blessing on their 
efforts to divide their lands quietly and justly. Mr. Lothropp 
and other leading men were prudent, as well as good business 
men, and on 26 Mar. 1640, O. S., (Apr. 5, N. S.) the following 
rule was adopted "by unanimous consent", viz : "One-third part 
to every house-lot equally ; one-third to the names that are unmov 
able ; and the other third according to men's estates". The e.xact 
meaning of the rule is not apparent now, but was doubtless well 
understood at the time. The division was not made until June, 
1641. Mr. Lothropp's first house was located on the lot occupied 
of late years by the hotel known as Eldridge's. Later a new and 
more commodious house was built. He mentions his new house 
in his will, which is the house now known as the Sturgis Library 
building, and was doubtless built in 1644. 

Mr. Lothropp died in Barnstabl^, 8 Nov. 1653, the last entry 
in his records being 15 June, 1653. He left a will, which was not 
signed, but it was admitted to probate without objection, and let- 
ters issued to "M''' Laythorpe, and M'' Thomas Prence was ap- 
pointed by the court to take the oath unto the estate at home". 
The will provided as follows : To my wife my now dwelling 
house ; to my eldest son Thomas, the house which I first lived in 
in Barnstable ; to my son John, in England, and Benjamin here, 
each a cow and £5 : daughters Jane and Barbara have had their 
portions already ; the rest of the children, both mine and my wife's 
each a cow, and to each child one book, to be chosen according to 
their ages ; the rest of my library to be sold to any honest man 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 327 

who can tell how to use it, and the proceeds divided". This part 
of the library was estimated in the inventory to be worth £5. 

During the fourteen years that JMr. Lolhropp was pastor of 
the church at Barnstable, no civil magistrate was called upon to 
suppress any crime, which speaks volumes for his beneficent in- 
fluence over the community. By his liberality and broad-minded- 
ness, he was enabled to draw the line between gloomy austerity 
and unbridled license, and while insisting on the faithful perform- 
ance of all religious duties, he permitted the young to make merry 
and enjoy themselves m rational amusements. It is not the pur- 
pose of the writer to enter into a full history of the church of Mr. 
Lothropp. Those interested are referred to the authorities cited 
at the end of this article, especially to Otis' Barnstable Families, 
where a full discussion of the doctrines taught and the doings of 
the church, with much other interesting historical matter, will be' 
found. All agree that Mr. Lothropp was one of the best and 
most learned men that came to the colonies, and one may be par- 
doned for a little pride in tracing their ancestry to him. 



27. JANE (LOTHROPP) FULLER. 

JANE, the eldest daughter of Rev. John Lothropp was b. 
in Egerton, England, and baptized in her father's church, in Eger- 
ton, Kent, 29 September, 16 14. She came to America with her 
father in 1634, and was m. in Scituate, 8 .'^pr. 1635, "y« 4"' day of 
y^ weeke", by Capt. Miles Standish of Plymouth, at the house of 
Mr. James Cudworth, to Samuel Fuller, s. of Edward and Ann 
Fuller of the Mayflower. 

CHILDREN, born in Scituate. 
41. HANN.\H FULLER, b. m. i Jany. 1658, Nicholas 

Bonhatn. 
42.4-SAMUEL FULLER, bap. 11 Feby. 1637-S by Rev. John Lothropp 

who records him as "sonn of my sonn Samuel Fuller." He 

m. Anne dtr. of Matthew Fuller, and his cousin. 

(For a continuation of this family, see Fuller, p. 305 ante.) 

References — Otis' Barnstable FjiiiiHes: Lotliropp Genealo- 
gy; Freeman's Hist, of Cape Cod; Deane's Hist, of Scituate, 
Mass. ; Ncal's HisL of the Puritans; Morton's Nezv England Me- 
morial; IVinthrop Papers; N. E. Gen. Rcgr. Vol. 9. 



328 JONES. 



JONES^ 



LEWIS JONES of Roxbury, Mass., 1640, afterwards in Wa- 
tertown; m. Ann Stone; d. April 11, 1684. Inventory dated Apr. 
20, 1684, £62, 25s. Will dated January 7, 1678-9; codicil April 
19, 1682 ; probated June 14, 1684, mentions wife Anna, sons Shu- 
bael and Josiah, daughter Lydia Whitney, son Josiah executor, 
friend and brother John Stone, overseer. Witnesses, Simon and 
John Stone. His daughter Lydia m. October 30, 1656, Jonathan 
Whitney. December 29, 1684, Josiah Jones, executor of his 
■father's will, John Stone, overseer of the same, Simon Stone and 
John Storv,', guardians of Shubael Jones, all of Watertown, sell ten 
acres to John Coolidge. His wife Ann died May 1st, 1680, aged 
178 years. 

JOSIAH= JONES, son of Lewis and Ann, born 1643, died 
October qth, 1714. Admitted freeman April i8th, 1690 
was a captain, one of the original members and one of the first 
deacons of the Weston Church, to which office he was elected the 
,4th of January, 1709-10. About 1690, the three portions of 
WatertowTi , viz : Watertown, W'altham and Wleston, were desig- 
.nated as the precincts of Captain Bond's Company, Captain Gar- 
field's Company and of Lieutenant Jones' Company. He was 
selectman of Watertown 1685-86-87-90, 1702, 1709; after 1712, 
•of Weston and the 20th of February, 1665-6, he buys a farm of 
one hundred and twenty-four acres of John Stone and wife Sarah 
of Watertown ; April the 2ist, 1684, sells for 60 pounds his share 
•of the mills on Stony Brook to John Bright together with thirty 
acres of land, which he bought February 19th, 1678-9, from 
Nathaniel Treadway and also land bought from John Chadwick 
with the house thereon. He served in King Philip's War, 1676. 
Married October 2nd, 1667, Lydia Treadway. She died Septem- 
ber 18, 1743, aged 84 years. 

ISAAC JONES, son of Josiah and Lydia, was baptized 
May 25th, 1690. He married at Colchester, Conn., Hannah 
Welles, July nth, 171 7. He held town and church offices for 
many years. Fifteen of his children were born in this town, 
among the Nathan*, bom December 30th, 1731. From best au- 
thority obtainable he moved to East Haddam, where two more of 
his children were born. October 3rd, 1746, he buys a farm with 
•a Mansion House, etc., in Bolton, Conn., of Simon Kingsbury. 
His name is the first on the Manual of the list of thirty-five who 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 329 

were recommended from the Church in Bolton to the one organ- 
ized October 24th, 1762, in the north part of the town. He died 
February 15th, 1782. His wife Hannah died December 7th, 175S. 
NATHAN* JONES, above mentioned, married Elizabeth 
'Bidwell, June 19th, 1760. He went out at the Lexington alarm, 
11775, ^s a sergeant in Lieutenant Ezekiel Olcott's Company. 
iHe re-enlisted April 25th, 1777, for three years. Discharged 
January 25th, 1780, in the Second Regiment of Connecticut Line. 
■He and wife Elizabeth united with the Church in North Bolton, 
before February 3rd, 1765. He died in 1822. She died several 
years before. Vernon was made a town in 180$, by a division of 
'the town of Bolton. 

NATHAN' JONES, Jr.. son of Nathan* and Hannah, was 
born February, 1764. He served in a regiment of levies raised 
ffor the defense of New York State and maintained during the 
jyears 1779 and 1782, under command of Colonel John Field, Cap- 
tain David Hecock's Company. July 17, 1786, the county sur- 
veyor of Rutland County, Vermont, surveys for Nathan Jones, 
|Jr., sixty acres of land in the town of Saltash, afterwards named 
Plymouth. In January, 1790, he married Priscilla Brown of Ply- 
mouth, daughter of Adam and Priscilla (Putnam) Brown. She 
.is a descendant of John and Priscilla Putnam who came from 
■Buckingham, England, and settled in Salem, Mass., 1634. June 
;4th, 1799, Governor Isaac Tichenor of Vermont appoints Nathan 
Jones, Jr., Captain of a Company otf Militia, which commission 
Jie resigned with honor May 12th, 1802. In 1805, he removes 
his family to Jay, Essex county. New York. Deacon Tarrent 
Putnam, the grandfather of Priscilla (Brown) Jones, lived in 
Sutton, Mass., and it is said that when General Israel Putnam was 
on his way to Bunker Hill, he stopped and dined with him and 
mounted his horse from the bank at the west end of the house, 
where the cousins embraced and kissed each other and wept. 
•Nathan Jones, Jr., served in Captain Shubill Sumner's Company 
•of Voulnteers, Sanford's unregimented battalion. New York 
Militia. Died January 12th, 1847. His wife Priscilla died Feb- 
ruary 1 6th, 1820. 

PIERPONT EDWARDS" JONES, son of Nathan^ Jr. and 
Priscilla, was born June 27th. 1819. Married August i8th, 1841, 
:Beulah, daughter of Col. Daniel Blish. Pierpont Edwards Jones 
'died April 8th, 1892. His wife died February 2nd, 1887. For 
their de.-cendants see aiife, pp. 185-6, 246-251. 

References — Bond's Hist, of IVatertozvii. Drake's Hist.. 



330 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 

Middlesex Co. Vol. 2, Sold, in King Philip's W^r, Colchester, 
Conn. Tn. Rec., Conn. Men in the Revolution, Vernon, Conn. Ch. 
Rec. Putnam's History, Hist, of Sutton, Mass., Middlesex Deeds, 
Vol. g, Bolton, Conn. Tn. Records. 

Contributed by Nathan Henry Jones, Granville, N. Y. 



ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. 

P. 32. — 9th line from bottom: for "Mary" read Martha, 
p. 56.— No. 133. Jeremiah Blish d. about 1798, and was a 

bachelor. 

p. 71. Add to the family of Lieut. Joseph Bhsh, the follow- 
ing: 

232. SARAH, bap. 28 June, I772- d- i Mar. 1818, unmarried. 

P. 85.— Add index figure " to all of the children of Stacy 

Blish. 

p. 86.— Add index figure " to all of the children of Silas 

Blish. 

P. 91.— No. 289. EZRA^ d. 26 Apr. 1816. Add to the 

children of Ezra^ Blish — 

289VZ. ABRAHAM, b. 30 Dec. 1796. 
290. ASA, v/d2 drowned 26 Sept. 1817. 

P. 92. The record kept by Robert Stiles" Blish, says that 

Ezra^ (141) d. in Sept. 1841. Another record says 30 Oct. 1842. 
A deed by Azubah Blish, Executor of the will of Ezra Blish, con- 
veying lands of Ezra Blish, is dated Sept. Nov. 1843, tends to 
confirm the later date. 

P. 92. In record of Silas'* Blish, first line, for "Sylvester" 

read Sylvanus. 

p. 102. — Next to bottom line, for "Mark" read Mack. 

p. 104. — First line for "wher" read where. 7th line, for 
"Wilsox" read Wilcox. 

p. 106. — Bottom of page — Prudence Blish d. 20 Oct. 1848. 

P. 113. — No. 428. For "105" read 1805. 

P. 118.— Top— for "HANNH" read HANNAH. 

P. 126. Nos. 516 and 517. For "22 Mar." read 22 Oct. 

p. 128. — No. 527. For "live" read lived. 

P. 132.— Top line, for "Yory" read York. Third line Oliver 
Blush, for "of" read or. 



:" BLISH GENEALOGY. 331 

P. 141. — No. 641. For "1821" read 1822. (?) 

P. 166. — Bottom line, for "Bryon" read Byron. 

P. 167.— No. 488. First line, for "HOLT" read HOIT. 

P. 169. — Next to bottom line, for "Gastonbury" read Glas- 
tonbury. 

P. 169. — There are several children of the marriage of Ves- 
pasian Warner and Winifred Moore. Vespasian Warner has 
just been appointed Commissioner of Pensions by President 
Roosevelt. 

P. 185-6. — For "Pierpont Edward Jones," read Pierpont Ed- 
wards Jones. Beulah Blish Jones d. 2 Feby. 1887. 

P. 193. — Elijah Hedding Blish had a daughter, Mary, who 
m Pound. 

P. 202. — Hon. Wait Talcott d. 7 Nov. 1890. 

P. 207. — No. 1042. Kittie Louise Blish d. 24 Jany. 1859. 

P. 226. — Morris Farrington Blish d. i Mar. 1870, at Wil- 
mington, Illinois. 

P. 249. — Elijah Brown* Jones graduated from Madison Uni- 
versity, Hamilton, N. Y. in 1877, and later received the degree 
of D. D. from Defiance College, Ohio. 

Justine Beulah* Jones was b. 6 Feby. 1882. Graduated from 
Pillsbury Academy, Owattonna, Minn. June 1900, and from ad- 
vanced kindergarten course of Minnesota State Norma! School 
in 1902. Is at present (1905) kindergarten teacher at Marshal- 
town. Iowa, where her father is pastor. 

P. 265. — 7th line from bottom, for "Almherst" read Amherst. 

P. 276. — For "Marietta Corwin", read Marietta Cowan. 

P. 280.— For "William Cullen Wells", read William CuUen 
Morris. 



332 GLOSSARY. 



GLOSSARY OF OBSCURE WORDS. 

Alewife. — A small salt water fish; also an officer to look after the 
fishing and carry out the regulations. 

Bill. — A battle axe; a pike or halbert. 

Brake.— The meaning of this word must be determined from the con- 
text. It may mean a small wood; a plat of bushes; a fern; an 
closure for cattle; a snaffle for horses; a large barrow; an in- 
strument for dressing hemp; a harrow, or a baker's trough. 

Constable. — Formerly an important officer. He was the chief execu- 
tive of the town, and performed all of the functions of a sheriff, 
of which there were none in early times. 

Coulter. — A plough share. 

Cousin. — A bloud relative. 

Deer-reeve. — An officer who looked after and regulated the killing of 
deer. 

Fermold. — A land tenure. 

Fleck bed] A bed of down; later a bed of wool. 

Flock bed J 

Flegms. — An instrument for bleeding horses. 

Forme. — A seat, a bench. 

Freeman. — Each colony had its own regulations concerning the admis 
sion of "Freemen", and frequent changes were made in the re- 
quirements. All were admitted by the general court upon proper 

, recommendation. Usually the names were propounded at one 

court and laid over till the next for action. In some places a reli- 
gious test was required. No one not a freeman could hold office. 
An extended essay would be required to fully explain the sub- 
ject. 

Gatt. — A goat. 

Goying — ] A right of pasture for a beast. 

Goiing — J 

Grand Inquest — 1 ^ . , . ^ ^i. 

_ , _ . Equivalent to the grand jury of modern times. 

Grand Enquest — J ^ 

Hayward — ] Originally a person who guarded the com and the farm- 

Heyward — J yard in the night-time; later a warden of the common 

fields, and who looked after the cattle. 
Hogreeve. — An officer who looked after the pasturing of hogs on the 

commons and was a sort of pound-master. 
Jack.— A lifting apparatus; a coat of mail. 

Joint Stool — 1 A stool framed by a joiner as distinguished from 
Joynt Stool — J those rudely formed from a single block of wood. 
Kye. — She; a female. 
Laver. — A basin or trough. 
Lead. — A vat for dying. 
Lister. — An assessor who notified the people to present lists of their 

property, and reviewed them. Heavy penalties were inflicted 

for false lists or omissions therein. 



BLISri GENEALOGY. 333 

Mett.— A bushel. 

Neat. — Horned oxen; applied to cattle. 

Pillion. — A pad behind a saddle, usually for women. Anciently, a 

priest's head-dress. 
Reve — "I, A bailiff; an officer; our word "sheriff" is a modification 
Reeve — J of Shire-reeve; i. e. Reeve of the Country. 
Rundlett — ] A small cask for wine. 
Rundleit— J 
Sconce. — A lantern; a kind of a candle-stick with a tin back to bang on 

the wall. 
Sealer of leather. — An officer who examined all tanned leather, and it 

good, put his seal or stamp upon it; if found poor or improper- 
ly tanned, he could seize It and condemn It. 
Slice. — A shovel. 
Snuffing trough. — Used by furriers in getting snuff Into furs to preserve 

from moths. 
Spinster. — An unmarried woman; a woman who spins. 
Splent. — Armour; several overlapping plates to protect the Inside of the 

arm. 
Stote. — A young ox. 
Squab. — A long seat; a sofa. 

Tackling. — Working Implements; machinery; also a horses harness. 
Teno re. — Tenure. 

Tester.— The top and head part of a bedstead; drapery for the same. 
Tithingman. — In the colonies an officer chosen to enforce observance of 

the Sabbath and preserve order in the church. 
Trammel. — An iron hook by which kettles were hung over the Are In 

fire-places. 
Trencher. — A wooden-plate or platter; originally a square board on 

which food was cut. 
Trestles. — A beam with four divergent legs; a saw-horse. 
Wain — 1 A wagon. 
Waine— J 
Whie. — A young heifer. 



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INDEX. 



INDEX TO CITIES AND TOWNS. 



A dash between two numbers 
intermediate pages. 
ABERDEEN, Wash. 212 
Acomenticus, Mass. 310 
Addison, Conn. 2&1 
Albany, N. Y. 245 
Algona, Mich. 2go 
Anderson, Ind. 194 
Andover, Conn. 93, 127, 128, 174 
Andover, III. 148 
Annapolis, Md. igi 
Ann Arbor, Mich. 273 
Antioch, Ind. 289 
Appleton, Wis. 244, 285 
Arkadelphia, Ark. 219 
Arlington, Mass. 239 
Ashbiirn, Jil. 285 
Atchison, Kas. 222 
Auburn, Me. 238 
Augusta, Me. 118 
Aurora, III. 282 
Aurora, Ohio, 96 
Aux Sable Forks, N. Y. 183 
BALLSTON SPA, N. Y. 167 
Baltimore, Md. 161, 167 
Bangor, N. Y. 189 
Barnstable, Mass. 4-10, 13, 15, 16, 
18, 21-23, 28, 29, 33-36, 40- 
42. 44. 46-54. S8, 71, n, 79, 
81-83, 85-89. 97, 112, 1 14-120. 
122, 161, 163, 236, 296- 298. 
300, 301, 304-306, 309,311,312, 
314-317. 322, 324, 2,27. 
Barnstaple, Eng. 326 
Bath, Me. 235 
Barton, Md. 282 
Bay City, Mich. 179 
Becket, Mass. 96 
Bedford, O. 170 
Beloit, Wis. 200, 203, 267, 268 
Bellfont, Penn. 179 
Benecia, Calif. 282 
Benton Harbor, Mich. 254 
Berlin, Conn. 263 
Bethlehem, O. 207 
Beverly, Eng. 319 
Big Rapids, Mich. 189, 256 
Binghampton, N. Y. 276 
Black Brook, N. Y. 244 
Black River, O. 129 
Blanford, Mass. 135 
Blish's Bridge, 2 
Blish's Point, 3 
Bloomfield, Mich. 132, 180 
Bloomington, Neb. 251 



Indicates that the name occurs on all 

Bloomville, N. Y. 220 
Blue Earth, Minn. 290 
Boston, Mass. 18, 19, 21-24, 27^. 
39, 116, 117, 121, 122, 161- 
163, 165, 167, 236, 261, 280, 
289, 294, 296, 324. 
Bolton, Conn. 66, 97, 98-100, 190, 

262, 263, 328, 329. 
Bolton, Mass. 184 
Booneville, N. Y. 200 
Brasher, N. Y. 255 
Brasher Falls, N. Y. 255 
Brewster, N. Y. 249 
Bridgeport, Conn. 182, 262, 293 
Broadhead, Wis. 190 
Brookfield, Mass. 128 
Brooklyn, N. Y. 96, 130, 132, 199, 

220, 249, 258 
Brooklyn, O. 132, 178, 180 
Buchanan, Mich. 252, 253 
Buckingham, Conn. 260 
Buckingham, Eng. 329 
Buckingham, 111. 285 
Buda, 111. 274 
Buffalo, N. Y. 146 
Buffalo, N. Dak. 254 
Bunker Hill, Mass. 100, 329 
Burlington, Vt. 97, 98, 132, 178, 

179, 291 
Burton, Eng. 319 
Busti. N. Y. 248 
CAMBRIDGE, Eng. 321, 322 
Cambridge, Mass. 162, 172, 236 
Cambridge, 111. 273, 274 
Campbellsville, Tenn. 203 
Canaan, Vt., 193 
Cape Vincent, N. Y. 131 
Cedar Falls, Iowa, 249 
Centreville, Mass. 88, 163, 236, 

237 
Cape Cod, Mass. 7 
Castleton, Vt. 189 
Charleston, S. Car. 123 
Charlestown, Mass. 133, 234 
Chattanooga, Tenn. 181 
Chazy, N. Y. 137 
Chelsea, Mass. 239, 281 
Cherry Burton, Eng. 318 
Chester, Mass. 135 
Chester, O. 169 
Chester, Vt. 244 

Chicago, 111. 149, 153, 188, igo, 
193. 204, 208, 210, 211, 2l5, 



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Chicago — 

222, 233, 24s, 254, 261, 263- 
265, 267, 270, 273, 276, 286, 

267, 290 
Chicamauga, Tenn. 291 
Chickasha, Ind. Ter. 283 
Chilocco, Okla. 271 
China, Me. 238 
Cincinnati. O. 180, 249 
Clayton, N. Y. 131 
Cleburne, Tex. 283 
Cleveland, O. 132, 133, 178-180, 

264, 293 
Clinton, 111. 170, 171 
Coatsville, Penn. 194 
Cobden, 111. 212 
Cocksakie, N. Y. 151 
Colchester, Conn, 37, 38, 55-58, 

61, 62-66, 68, 70, 89, 91-97. 

122, 128, 129, 177, 195, 197, 

230, 232, 306, 328 
Colchester, Vt. 291, 292 
Columbus, O. 160, 179, 23s 
Concord, Mass. 10 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 273 
Coventr>', Conn. 176 
Croton, Mich. 250 
Cuba, N. Y. 157, 231 
Cuba, 256 

Cumington, Mass. 99, 133 
DALWICH, Eng. 284 
Dartmouth, Mass., 84, 298 
Davenport, N. Y. 223 
Dengie, Essex, Eng. 321 
Denver, Colo. 293 
Desmoines, Iowa, 161, 215 
Detroit, Mich. 123, 298, 271 
Dickinson's Landing, Ont. 254 
Dorchester, Mass. 123 
Dover, Mass. 310 
Dowagiac, Mich. 187, 252, 254 
Drewry's Bluff, Vir. 259 
Dubuque, Iowa, 286 
Durand, 111. 268 

Duxbnry 1 Mass., i, 2, 6, 10, 
Duxborrow J_ 296 
EARLVILLE, 111. 233, zvi, 282, 

283 
East Brooklyn. N. Y. 220 
Eastbury, Conn. 68, 194, 19S, 197. 

198, 259, 260, 262 
East Glastonbury, Conn. 105, 198, 

203. 205, 206. 262 
East Haddam, Conn. 61, 93, 95, 

125, 126, 156, 199, 328 
Eastham, Mass. 315, 316 
Easton, Mass. 141 



Eaton, Mass. 140 

Edgerby, Kent, Eng. 300 

Egerton. Eng. 322, 327 

Edwardsburg, Mich. 186 

Effingham, 111. 288 

Elgin, 111. 220, 276, 277 

Enderlin, N. Dak. 254 

Englewood, III. 185, 244, 246, 285 

Enfield, Conn. 95 

Equinunk, Penn. 158 

Escanaba, Mich. 187 

Essex, N. Y. 182, 183 

Etton, Eng. 321, 323 

Evanston, 111. 136 

Evansville, Ind. 162, 193 

Everett, Mass. 281 

Everett, Mich. 256 

Exeter. Conn. 128 

FAIRFAX, N. Y. 245 

Fairfield. N. Y. 204 

Falmouth, Mass. 5, 53, 84, 318 

Falmouth, Me. 118 

Fargo, N. Dak. 254 

Fitchville, Conn. 127 

Fond du Lac, Wis. 188, 273, 286, 

287 
Foxcroft, Me. 85 
Fort Atkinson, VV'is. 265 
Fort Stanwix. N. Y., 169 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 153, 231 
Framingham, Ms.ss. 241 
Franklin, N. Y. 68, 193, 217, 224 
Franklin. N. H. 257 
Frederickton. N. B. 257 
GALEN.V, III. 206, 210, 269, 372, 

286 
Galesburg, 111. 273 
Gardiner, Me. 2,59 
Gasconade. Mo.. 234 
Geneseo, 111. 148 
Genesee, N. Y. 250, 268 
Germantown. Penn. 272 
Gettysburg, 179 
Gilsum. N. H. loi, 102, 103, 137, 

138, 140, 141, 143, 186 
Glasgow, Scotland, 167, 168, 240 
Glastonbury, Conn. 61. 62, 6g, loi, 

104. 105, 107, 108, I37'I39. 

T45-147. 150. 151, 156, igg. 

1 96. 198. ion. 203, 205. 209- 

211, 226-228, 259, 260, 262, 
269, 289 
Gnrliam, Ale., 16. 298 
Gnsnort, Eng. 284 
Gmfton, Mass. 177 
Granbv, Mass. 292 
Granville, N. Y. 185, 250 



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INDEX TO CITIES AND TOWNS. 



Gravesend, Eng. 164 
Great Marshes, Mass. 3, 112 
Green Bay, Wis. 188, 254 
Green Brook, N. J. 216 
Greenwich, R. I. 242 
Greenwich, N. Y. 247 
Griffin's Corners, N. Y. 127 
Griswold's Landing, Mo. 233, 234, 

281, 282 
Guilford, Conn. 196, 261 
Gulf Summit, N. Y. 220 
HAARLEM, N. Y. 213 
Hallowell, Me. 120, 167, 238 
Halifa.x, N. S. 231 
Hamilton, N. Y. 95, 96, 131, 209, 

248, 249, 286, 331. 
Hammon, Okla. 271, 272 
Hammond, La. 292 
Hampton, Penn. 160, 235 
Harlem, Me. 118 
Harpersfield, N. Y. 151, 152, 223, 

224 
Harrisville, Mich. 132 
Hartford, Conn. 172, 175, 195- 
197. 199. 209, 212, 213, 227, 

232, 241, 242, 259, 262, 264, 

292, 306 
Hartland, O. 171 
Haverhill, Mass. 300 
Hebron, Conn. 62, 66, 126, 245, 

174. 17s. 178, 199. 226, 230 
Helena, Mont. 193 
Herrick, Penn. 220 
Hillsboro, Ore. 235 
Hobart, N. Y. 152, 220- 222, 225 
Hog Island, Me. 311 
Holland, Mich. 290 
Hong Kong, China, 121 
Hop River, Conn. 126 
Horseheads, N. Y. 200, 263 
Honesdale, Penn. 218 
Houston, Tex. 179 
Hull, Eng. 121 
Hyannis, Mass. 309 
ISLES OF SHOALS, Me. 311. 

312 
Isle of Wight, Eng. 270 
Ipswich, Mass. 39 
Ithaca, N. Y. 183 
JACKSONVILLE, 111. 204 
Janesville, Wis. 142, 191, 258 
Jay, N. Y. 137, 138, 140, 183-186, 

189, 243-249, 250, 251, 329. 
Jefferson, N. Y. 158, 278 
Jeffersonville, Ind. 192, 194 
Jersey City, N. J. 199 
Jerseyville, 111. 269, 271 



Jerusalem, Palestine, 267 

Johnstown Centre, Wis. 358 

KEENE, N. H. 103 

Keesville, N. Y. 244 

Kenilworth, Eng. 236 

Kenosha, Wis. 188 

Kewanee, 111. 148, 149, 151, 203,. 

204, 207, 208, 213, 215, 216, 

269, 270, 271, 273-276, 286, 

287, 288 
Killingly, Conn. 176 
Kingston, N. Y. 187 
Kingston, N. S. 280 
Kirtland, O. 168, 169, 173 
Knoxville, 111. 207, 209 
Kortright, N. Y. 107, 223, 224 
LACON, 111. 149 
Lafayette, Ind. 198 
Lafayette, 111. 207 
Lambeth, Eng. 323 
Lanesboro, Mass. 182 
LaPorte, Ind. 287 
LaSalle, 111. 159, 162, 216, 333, 

234, 281-283. 
Lathrop's Hill, Mass. 86 
Lawrence, Kas. 167 
Lawrenceville, N. Y. 104, 140, 

189, 190, 251, 2SS, 256 
Leavenworth, Kas. 273 
Lebanon, N. Y. 95 
Lebanon, Conn. 213, 224 
Lebanon, O. 283 
Lenox, Mass. 96 
Leroy, N. Y. 171 
Lewis, N. Y. 247 
Lexington, Mass. 329 
Libby Prison, 181 
Lincoln, Neb. 279 
Lisbon, N. Dak. 254 
Litchfield, Conn. 197 
Litchfield, 111. 271 
Little Rock, Ark. 167 
Lockport, N. Y. 255 
London, Eng. 21, 168, 199, 318, 

322-325. 
Londonderry, Ireland, 20 
Look-out Alountain, Tcnn., 291 
Los Angeles, Calif. 171, 233, 234 
Louisville, Ky. 192 
Lyons, N. Y. 228 
MANCHESTER, Conn. 143, 150, 

155. 196, 203, 226, 227, 229- 

231, 262 
Mansfield, O. 119 
Mansfield, Conn. 177 
Mansfield, Mass. 117 , 
Marietta, O. 220 



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337 



Marlborough, Conn. 37, 38, 59. 
62, 68, 70, 91. 109, 125, 127, 
154-158, 211, 226, 228 
Marseilles, 111. 283 
Marshaltown, Iowa, 33i- 
Marshfield, Mass. 7. 8, 296 
Martinsburg, N. Y. 122 
Marston's Mills, Mass. 113 
Matagorda, Tex. 119 
Mattakeese, 1 

Mattacheese, 1- 308, 3". 325 
Mattakeeset, J 
Maytield, O., 128, 129, 178 
Mentor, O. 123, 124. 272, 273 
Meriden, Conn. 227, 228 
Mexico. 116, 179 ^ 

Middlefield, Mass. 66, 67, 90, 90" 
100, 123, 125, 133-136, 181, 
242 
Middlebury, Vt. 192, 255 
Middle Haddam, Conn. 126 
Middle Granville, N. Y. 250 
Middletown, Conn. 93, 150, 195. 

207, 212-217. 
Middletown, N. Y. 92, 127 
Millington, Conn. 93, 94. 128 
Milwaukee, Wis. 257 
Minneapolis, Minn. 183, 184, 224, 

244, 247, 251 
Mobile, Ala. 275 
Monson. Mass. 13S 
Montpelier, Vt. 172, 290 
Montville, Conn. 124 
Monx's Hill, Mass. 8 
Morristown, N. Y. 290, 291 
N.\NTASKET, Mass, 123. 
Nashua, N. H. 236 
Naugatuck. Conn. 197 
Neponset, 111. 205 
Newark, O. 249 
New Bedford, Mass. 93. 241 
Newberg, S. Car. 113 
New Britain, Conn. 216, 228 
New Brunswick, N. J. 85, 166, 223, 

224, 240, 278 
New Haven. Conn. 229 
New Lebanon, Mass. 69 
New London. Conn. 125, 128, 17S. 

260. 261 
New Orleans, La. 119. 120, 121, 

148. 179 
New Plymouth, Mass. 4, 0, 10 
Newport. R. I. 69. 318 
Newton, Mass. 284 
New Windsor. N. Y. 169 
New York Citv. N. Y. 124, 132. 
147 160, 186, 187, 189. 215, 
216, 218, 222, 225, 226, 230, 



New York City— 

232, 241, 249, 255, 256, 263, 
264, 266, 277, 283, 292 
Niantic, Conn. 128 
Niles, Mich. 187, 252, 253 
Norfolk, Vir. 160 
Northampton, Mass. 131. 232 
North Attleboro, Mass. 238 
North Harpersfield, N. Y. 223, 

278 
North Manchester, Conn. 217 
North Scituate, R. I. 237 
North Troy, Vt. 291 
Norwalk, Conn. 13S. 153 
Norwalk, O. 289 
Norwich, Conn. 127, 130 
Nova Scotia, 163 
OAKDALE, Neb. 292 
Oak Park, 111. 233 
Ogdensburg. N. Y. 290 
Old Lyme, Conn. ISS 
Olean,' N. Y. 231 
Olivet, Mich. 271 
Olneyville, R. I. 116 
Omaha. Neb. 279 
Omro, Wis. 244. 285 
Onandaigua. N. Y. 290 
Orange Park, Fla. 272 
Osterville, Mass. 163, 236, 237 
Oswego, N. Y. 130, 131 
Otsego, N. Y. 153 
Ottawa, 111. 233. 234, 283, 328 
Ottcrville. 111. 269 
Owattonna, Minn, 249. 331- 
Oyster River, Mass. 310 
PAINESVILLE, O. 90, 124, isS- 

172, 173 
Panama, 199. 23S 
Patterson, N. J. 217 
Pawtucket, R. I. 116, 164, 235,237 
Peekskill. N. Y. 130, 213 
Peoria, 111. i49, 17°. 234 
Pekin, 111. 170 
Pensacola, Fla. 27s 
Perry, Ga. 263 
Peru, N. Y. 140, 187, 243 
Petersburg, Vir. 229 
Philadelphia, Penn. 116, 124, lOl, 

233. 234. 280, 292 
Piscataquack. Mass. 310 
Pinckney, Mo. 234 
Pittsficld, Mass. 69 
Pittston. Me. 234. 23S 
Plattsburg, N. Y. I37. 186, 247. 2.50 
Plymouth. Mass. 6. 7. 12. t9. 78. 
118, 162, 264, 295, 296, 297, 
310 



338 



INDEX OF PLACES. 



Plymouth, Vt. 329 
Pocassett, Mass. 298 
Pomfret, Vt. 190 
Pontiac, Mich. 132 
Poquonnock, Conn. 128, 229 
Port Gibson, Miss. 119 
Port Henry, N. Y. 247 
Portland. Me. 277 
Port Richey, Fla. 293 
Port Royal, Fla. Ii6 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 213, 245 
Poygan, Wis. 244, 285 
Prattsville, N. Y. 158, 226 
Providence, R. I. 116, 117, 164,232, 

237, 238, 261, 273, 274, 286 
Providence, 111. 148 
Puget Sound, 272 
Pullman, 111. 180 
QUANTICO, Ind. 130 
RACINE, V;is. 197, 218, 289-291. 
Reading, Penn.' 228 
Red Moon, Okla., 27a 
Red Oak, Iowa, 162 
Rehoboth, Mass. 295 
Red Hook, N. Y. 92 
Richmond, Ind. 192 
Ripon, Wis. 221, 222 
Ripley, Vir. 275 
Rochester, N. Y. 216 
Rockford, 111. 200, 201, 263-267, 

279 
Rock Island, III. 148, 205, 206, 272 
Rockton, 111. 145, 146, 202, 203, 

265-268. 
Rockville, Conn. 263 
Rome, N. Y. 14s, 200, 202 
Rome, 111. 233, 234, 280 
Rose's Brook, N. Y. 107, 151, 225, 

226 
Roxbury, Mass. 328 
Roxbury, N. Y. 220 
Russia, 116 
Rutland, Vt. 245 
SACKETT'S HARBOR, N. Y. 

131. 14s 
Salcombe Regis, Eng. 123 
Salem, Mass. 112. 329 
Salem, Conn. 155, 230 
Salem, 111. 254 
Salisbury, Mass. 119 
Sandwich, Mass. 42, 75, 114, 159, 

235. 296, 301, 306, 309. 313. 

314. 32s 
San Francisco, Calif, 117, 129, 235;, 

277 
Santa Barbara, Calif. 220 
San Juan, Cuba, 266 



Santiago, Cuba, 266 

Sault Ste, Marie, Mich. 178 

Scituate, Mass. 8, 216, 300, 301, 

305, 308, 317, 322, 324, .326 
Scorton Neck. Mass. 298, 299, 302 
Scorton Hill, Mass. 299 
Secunderabad, India, 248 
Seneca, 111. 282, 283 
Seymour, Ind. 179, 191, 192, 257, 

258 
Sheboyan, Wis., 188 
Sheffield, Mass. 181 
Sheffield, 111. 274 
Shelton, Conn. 228 
Sherbrooke, N. Dak. 189 
Sherburne, Mass. 119 
Sherburne, N. Y. 273 
Sheriburton, Eng. 318 
Sidney, N. Y. 153 
Sioux City, Iowa, 164 
Skowhegan, Me., 165, 238 
Solon, O. 123 
South Coventry, Conn. 176 
South Glastonbury, Conn. 19S, 

226. 
South Kortright, N. Y. 2^3 
South Manchester, Conn. 14-1, 146, 
I9S"I97. 199. 212-217, -27- 

229, 2^2, 258-261.. 
Southwork, Eng. 323 
Soquel, Calif. 2S2 
Springfield, Mass. 181, 289 
Springfield, N. Y. 186, 253 
Springfield, 111. 274 
Stafford, Conn. 177 
Stafford Springs, Conn. 174, 177, 

242 
Stamford, N. Y. 151, 152, 217, 219- 

225, 275-277. 
Starksborough, Vt. 138 
Staten Island, N. Y. 214 
Stonington, Conn. 63 
Stoughton, Mass. 141 
St. Charles, Mo. 215, 233, 281. 
St. Cloud, Minn. 183. 
St. Johns, Ore., 291. 
St. Louis, Mo. 162, 210, 211, 23.(, 

254, 255, 271, 280. 
St. Paul, Minn. 158, 211. 
Sturgeon Bay, Wis. 291. 
Suffield, Conn. 135. 
Suisun, California. 282. 
Summerville, Mich. 187. 
Sumner, Me. 202. 
Sutton, Mass. 329. 
Sutton, Vt. 183. 
Surry, N. H. 103, 104, 136, 140, i83. 



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TAFTSVILLE, Vt. 193. 

Tampico, Mex. 116. 

Taplow, Eng. 271. 

Tarrytown, N. Y. 250. 

Tekoa, Ore. 235. 

Thalweil, Switzerland, 271. 

Ticonderoga, N. Y. bS, 249. 

Toledo, O. 249. 

Topeka, Kas. 293. 

Troy, N. Y. 250. 

UTICA, N. Y. 200. 

Utica, 111. 283. 

VACAVILLE. California, 282. 

Valparaiso, Ind. 282, 285. 

Vassalborough, Me., «S, ll8-I2I, 

164, i6s, 167, 238, 239. 
Venice, N. Y. 197. 
Vernon, Conn. 329. 
Vicksburg, Miss., 180. 
Vienna, Ind. 193. 
Vineyard Haven, Me. 121, 167, 168. 
WALDOBORO, Me. 165. 
Wallingford, Conn. 167. 
Walnut Creek, Knox Co. 111., 208. 
Walpole, Mass. 141. 
Waltham, Mass. 233. 281, 328. 
Warren, So. Dak. 268. 
Warrensville, O. 169, 171. 
Warsaw, N. Y. 285. 
Washington, D. C. 116, 120, 186, 

292. 
Wassuc, Conn. 262. 
Waterbury, Vt. 292. 
Waterbury, Mass. 233. 
Waterloo, Iowa. 190, 191. 
Watertown, Mass. 328. 
Watertown, N. Y. 130, 131. 
Waterville, Me. 113. 
Waverly, Iowa, 248. 
Weathersfield, Vt. 243. 
Webster, Mass. 141. 
Wegatchie, N. Y. 130. 
Wessaguscus, Mass. 308. 
West Barnstable, Mass. 2, 15, 28- 

31, 33, 35, 37, 38, 40, 43, 4^, 



West Barnstable, Mass. — 

47, 51, 53-S5, 71, 80, 81, 84, 
111, 112, 159-162,233,300,309. 

West Chester, Conn. 38, 63, 64. 

Westerly, R. i. 155. 

West Hartford, Conn. 174. 

West Indies, liO, 120, 161. 

Wcstly, R. I. 241. 

West Newton, Mass. 236. 

Weston, Mass. 328. 

Westport, N. Y. 183. 

West Springfield, Mass. 284, 30S. 

West Tisbury, Mass. 241. 

West Union, Ore. 235. 

Wethersfield, Conn. 147. 

Wetherslield, 111., 106, 148, 149, 203, 
204, 206, 207, 209, 210, 212, 
21O, 269-273, 275, 287, 288. 

Weymouth, Eng. 307. 

Weymouth, Mass. 308, 309. 

Whitehall, N. Y. 189, 255. 

White Plains, N. Y. 138. 

Wilbraham, Mass. 168. 

Willimantic, Conn. 126, 127, 173- 
177, 230, 232, 241, 242, 284. 

Williston, Vt. 98, 292. 

Willsboro, Penn. 101. 

Willsboro, N. Y. 137, 251. 

Wilmington, 111, 153, 226, 279, 331. 

Wilmington, N. Y. 244. 

Windham, Conn. 174, 242. 

Windsor, Conn. 66, 128, 129, 196. 

Windsor, Mass. 135. 

Winooski, Vt. 291. 

Woburn, Mass. 134. 

Wonewoc, Wis. 290, 291. 

Woodburn, III. 271. 

Woodland, So. Dak. 268. 

Woodstock, Vt. 141, 142, igo, 191, 

193, 194- 
Worthington, Mass. 135. 
YARMOUTH, Eng. 112. 
Yarmouth, Mass. 8, 41, 48, 84. «63. 

300, 312, 313, 315, 317, 325- 
Yorktown, Vir. 169. 



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INDEX OF NAMES. 
(Other than BHsh or Blush.) 

An asterisk denotes that the name occurs more than once on the page. 
A dash between two numbers indicates that the name occurs on all inter- 
mediate pages. Different spellings of the same name are given together in 
brackets. All persons related to Abraham' Blish have the generation index 
figure. 

Andrews, Dwight Hubbard," 250. 
Cont'd. George C, 259.* 
Polly, 124. 
Solomon, 68. 
Waller Cone,' 259. 
Angier, Frank H., 158. 

Helen Francis, 158. 

Roland Sidney, 158. 

Annable, 1 Anthony, 297. 

\ Lieut. John, 16, 17, 
Annible, J 28, 36. 

Samuel, 17. 
Thomas, 50. 
Angell, Darius. 116. 

Theresa M., 130. 
William H., 130. 
Anthony, Albro, 116. 
Appleton. Daniel, 216. 
Arnold, Fanny, 157. 

Henry, 93, 127, 128. 
Joseph, 93, 94- 
Justin, 93. 
AuLTMAN. B.,131. 
Austin, Elenore, 130. 
Ayres, Phebe, 177. 
Bacon, Ebenezer, 113, 114. 

Edward, Esq., 43, 72, 74,* 

76-. 
Jerimiah, 2, 4. 

John, 2. 35.* 

Nathanial, 4,* 6, 315, 317. 

Pierpont, 63, 64. 
Backus, Major, 97.* 

Remember, 29. 
Baker, Alvan, 236. 

Chester Linwood, 237. 

Clarence Linwood, 236, 

237- 
George, 24. 
Jennie Maria, 237. 
John, 28, 37. 
Ballard, Calvin,' 118. 

Daniel' 118. 

Elizabeth,' 118. 

Emily,' 118. 

James, 118. 

Jarvis, 118. j 



Abell, Adaline Chamberlain,' 224 
Emily Blish,' 224. 
Julia Lorana," 224. 
Lillian Augusta,' 224. 
Mary Louise,' 224. 
Otis, 224. 
William Palmer, 224. 

ACKERLY, Lucy, 92. 

Adams, David, 57, 103. 
Doctor. 103. 
John, 55. 
Mary, 89. 
Philopena, 242. 
Ruth, 55. 
Thomas, 57. 
Aket, 1 Anne, 32I. 

)• Katherine, 321. 
Akeit, J Elizabeth, 321. 
Jane. 321- 
Isabell, 321. 
Alden, Belle Francis,' 191- 
Chester Alvin," 191. 
John Blish,' I9i- 
John Gardner,' 191. 
Sarah L.. 276. 
Aldrich, James Farnum, 286. 

Martha Brown, 286. 
Alfobd, Elijah, 96. 
Alexander, Anna. 286. 

Esther Mary, 271. 
Allen, 1 Holmes, 114- 
Allin, !• Jane, 253. 27°- 
Allyn, J John, II,* 296. 
Silence, ig. 
Samuel, 301, 303. 304- 
Thomas, 43. 
Alley. Robert, 119. 
Alling. Ansel. 84. 
Ames, Jason A., 269. 
Ambrose, Alice. 311- 
Amidon. Harriet Eliza. 226. 
Anderson, Katharine M., 212.* 

Marv Ann. 122. 
.\NDREWS. Alledo Stratton," 259. 
Anna, 143. 
Chauncev, 2=;9. 
Chauncey Blish,' 259. 



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Ballard, Laura, 118. 
Cont'd. Lucy,' 1 18. 

Sanford,' ii8. 
Sarah,' 118. 
Banning, Azuba, 92. 
Barlow^ Alice. 277. 

Edniond, 277. 
Mary Mapes, 151. 
Bartell, Helena Josephine, 268. 

Martin, 268. 
Barker, Anne, 10.* 

Elizabeth, 21. 

John, 7 — g,* 10, 17, 21. 

44.* 217.* 
Martha, 21. 
Mary, 10, 84. 
Ruth, 155. 
Barnet. Humphrey, 323. 
Barnes, Elizabeth, 217, 218. 

Lieut Col., 137. 
Barnet, Moses, 142. 
Bassett, Nathan, 50. 
Bates, Rev. Barnabas, 120. 

W. J., 291. 
Bathrick, Catharine Susan, 220.* 

John, 220. 
Bay, Alice Margaret, 245. 

George P., 245. 
Baxter, Mary, 117, 118-121.* 
Paulina, 166. 
Prince, 48. 
Susanna, 90, 115. 
Beadell, Amelia, 254. 
Beals, Alice, 43. 
Bear, Sophia. 216. 
Beard. Richard R., 236. 
Bearse. Judah, 48. 
Beckincton, Alice," 215. 
Charles, 215. 
Mary," 215. 
Beckwith, George Seymour, 260. 
Bent, Alice Paulina," 282. 

Josiah Raymond,'" 282. 
Rev. Josiah, 282. 
Thacher Tucker, 2S2. 
Bentley, Lorinda, 122. 
Benti.ey. Elizabeth, 35. 
Besse, Elizabeth, 35. 
Betts, Henry T., 130. 

William, 5. 
Bevins, G. C, 219. 
Bidwell, Elizabeth, 329.* 
Bicelow, David, 61. 

David, Jr., 61. 
Biggs, Emily Vera. 158. 
George 158. 
Lillian Augusta, 158. 



Bill, Amos William, 284. 

Ebenezer, 102. 

"Majah," 103. 

Mary Grace, 284. 

Samuel, 103. 
Bingham, Clara, 196, 197, 261. 
Binks, ] 

[ Henry, 320. 
Bynks, J Robert, 320. 
Birney, James G., 146, 200. 
BiSBEE, Elisha, 75. 
Bishop, John, 125. 
BjORKMAN, Emma Caroline, 294, 

W. H. 249. 
Blair, Samuel H., Jr., 270. 
Blakely, Isabella, 224. 
Blesh, David, 292. 
Blinn, Jesse, 201. 
Bliss, Abby,' 116. 

Abraham,' 117,* 153, 164, 

237- 
Bnjamin,' 116. 
Eunice Lovell,' 116. 
Eunice Rebecca," 164, 237. 
Isaiah Crowell,' 116,* 117. 
Lucy Elmer,' 163. 
Maria Jane," 163, 236. 
Mary Adelaide," 164. 
Owen," 80, 116, 117. 
Owen, Jr.,' 1x6, 163,* 236, 

237- 
Sabra Elnora," 166. 
Sally,' 116. 
Susan,' 116. 
Timothy.' ii". 
Blossom, ,1 

1" Mehitable, 159. 
Blossome, J Peter. 42, 297, 302, 
Blythe, Epaphro. 68. 
BocKius, Elizabeth Fraley, 272, 
286. 
Francis W., 272. 
BoDFiSH, Elizabeth, 35, 48, 31, 53, 
89. 
John, 115. 
Joseph, IS, 35- 
Nathan, 51. 
Solomon. 51. 
BoGARDUS, Jane, 158. 
BoLLES, Rev. Augustus, 128. 
BoNAR, Elizabeth Potter, 206, 208, 
200, 272, 275. 
Matthew, 207. 
BoNHAM, Nicholas, 300, 327. 
Bourn, 1 Col. 41. 

't Shearjashub, Esq., 73, 
Bourne, )l 76. 



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INDEX OE PERSONS. 



Bourn, Sylvanus, 29, 31, 32, 41. 
Cont'd. 42,* 54- 
BOWERMAN, Gdd., 3.* 
BoYNTON, Abraham Lincoln,' 243. 
Beulah L.' 243. 
Daniel Newell,' 243. 
John, 243. 
John S., 243. 
Lettie,' 243. 
Lucy,' 243. 
MoUie N.' 243. 
Brainard, Amelia, 109. 

Arthur M., 195. 
Bessie,' 195. 
Henry, 108. 
Bradford, Col. Gamaliel, 47.* 

Govr. I, 294.* 
Brattle, Thomas, 19. 
Breese, Justice Sidney, 274. 
Breckenridge, Lucius F., 93, 94. 
Brett, Sophia, 151, 217,* 219.* 
Bright, John, 328. 
Mary, 228. 
Bringhurst, Margaretta, 272. 
Bbinkman, Otis M. 224. 

William Abell, 224. 
Bronson, Charlotte, 233. 

Rev. George, 233. 
Mary Madeline, 233. 
Brooks, A. E.. 176. 

Ebenezer, 68. 
Henry C, 196. 
Brown, Adam. 329. 

Alfred, 135. 
Fred H., 241. 
George Kingsbury, 135. 
Jennie Emma, 239. 
John. 239. 
Martha^ 23, 24, 39. 
Martha" A., 135. 
Martha Ery, 241. 
Nellie. 232. 
Priscilla, 329. 
Robert, 21, 23, 34. 
Russell. 144. 
Samuel, 57, 61. 
Sarah, 241. 
Brownson, Rev. Hector, 88. 
Bruce, Benjamin. 184. 
Joseph, 184. 

Mary Houghton, 184, 244, 
245-* 
BUCANNON, John, 19. 
Buck, Christine, 245. 
Halsey, 205. 
Wealthy Ann, 205, 273. 



Buel 1 Delight, 154,* 230. 

\ Edith Alice," 229. 
Buell J Edna Ruth,' 229. 
Elisha, 61. 
Helen Pearl,' 230. 
Isaac Bigelow, 108. 
Robert Theron,' 230. 
Theron, 154,* 229, 230. 
William, Jr., 154. 
Zeruiah, no. 
Bucbee, Abi 189. 
Bull, Benjamin, S., 244. 
Benjamin,' 244, 246. 
Benjamin Robert,' 244. 
Cora Alice," 246. 
Harry,' 246. 
Irving J.' 244. 
Mary Eugenia, 246. 
Mary Newell,' 244. 
Pierpont," 246. 
Seth James, 246.* 
Bulkley, Capt. Eliphalet, 63. 

Peter, 59. 
Burlett, Phisha, 291. 
BuRMAN, Thomas, 297. 
Burne, William, 320.* 

Isabell, 321. 
BuRNHAM, Edgar Wales," 190. 
Justice A..' 190. 
Dr. Milo L., 190. 
Bursley, John, 310. 
Bush, Clarissa, 140. 
Sally, 248. 
Bussell, Ploomy D., 165. 
Button, Laura, 125, 173, 174,* 175,. 
Buttrick. Harriett N., 183. 
Buzzell, Mary Ann, 105. 
Calder, Eliza. 166. 

Mary Harris, 166, 239. 
Samuel, 166. 
Caldwell, John. 18. 
Camp, Amzi Lewis, 255. 

Kate Christine, 255. 
Campbell, Alexander, 169. 
Alice, 123. 
Archibald, 122. 
John, 248. 
Thomas, i6g. 
Woodley Williamson, 
248, 249. 
Capron, Eleanor, 286. 
Carey, Samuel, 24. 

Col. Simeon, 84. 
Carlton, Rev. Israel, 260. 
Carpenter, Alice, 128.* 

Charles David,' l8g, 
256.* 



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Carpenter, Caroline Augusta,' 189, 
Cont'd. J55-* 

Daniel, 55, 83. 
Darius L., 128. 
Dwight, 128. 
Frank Blish,' 189, 255* 
George, 128. 
George Monroe,' 189. 
Glenn Blish,' 256. 
Harriet, 128. 
Harriet Jane,' 189. 
Howard Wiltsie," 256. 
John. 128. 
Dr. John Fuller, 1S9,* 

225.* 256. 
John Fuller. Jr..' 189. 
Lucy Adelia," 189. 
Mary. 128. 
Nathan, i8g. 
Nathan Adelbert, i8g. 
Nellie. 128. 
Rhoda. 189. 
Rhoda Jane, 189. 

Carrier, Emeline, 157. 

Frank P., 157. 

Harriet,' 109, 1 10, 157. 

Harriet Loisa,' 157. 

Helen,' no. 

Helen Eliza,' 157,* 231. 

Joseph, 157 

Kate A., 231. 

Lois, 157. 

Lois D., 157. 

Lucy C., 157. 

Sarah E.. 157. 

Sybell. 58. 

Uriah. 62. 

William, 157,* 231. 

Zeuriah, 156. 
Carter, Mary, 145. 
Case, John, 107. 
Castle, Julia E., 269. 
Chadwick, John, 328. 
Chaffee, Alice E., 260. 
Champion, Susanna, 220. 
Champney, Abigail Ingersol. 233. 
224, 280-283. 
William, 233, 234. 
Chapin, Zerah. 204 
Chapman, Daniel, 67. 
Chamberlain, Daniel, 38. 

Elizabeth, 38. 
Charnock. John, 20. 
Chase, Henry M.. 184. 

Capt. Oliver, 299. 



Cheney, Abbic,' 211. 
Adeline," 215. 
Adeline.?.,* 150,* 211-217. 
Adeline Louisa," 150, 215.* 
Alice Maud," 214. 
Carolyn," 215. 
Catharine Bessie,' 214. 
Charles Sylvester,' 150 

214.* 
Charles Herman,," 214. 
Clarissa, 214. 
Ednah Adeline," 211. 
Edward Halsey,' 150,* 

212.* 
Eleanor Maria,' 150, 217. 
Emma Jane,' 150, 151, 

216.* 
Frances Emily," 211. 
Frederic Shelton,* 211. 
George Foote," 211. 
George Wells,' 150, 213.* 
George Wells, 214. 
Halsey, 150, 195, 211-217. 
Halsey Haines,' 213. 
Harriet Eleanor," 212. 
Harriet Elizabeth,' 150, 

214. 215. 
James Woodbridge, 214. 

215. 
John Piatt,' 215. 
Laura Emily," 212. 
Mary, 214. 
Miliard Colfax, 212. 
Prudence Hubbard,' 150 
Rhoda. 146. 150, 203, 205, 

206, 209, 210. 
Thomas Blish.' 150, 211.* 

212. 
Thomas Shelton," 211. 
Timothy, 146, 150. 
Winthrop.' 213. 
Child, 1 Ehcnezer. 28. 32. 

} Hannah, 28, 29, 40, 46 
ChildSi 'J Joseph. 55. 
Richard. 28. 
Ruth, 53. 
Chipman, John, 316. 
.Samuel, 41. 
Timothy, 42. 
CniSHOLM. Robert Bruce, 220. 
Church, James, 95. 
Clark, "11 Abba, 167. 

f .Viicustus, 155 
Clarke, J Benjamin, 26. 
Elizabeth, 320. 
Eunice Peckham, 155, 
226-228. 



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INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Clark, ] Helen S., 285. 

y Ozias Daniel, 285. 
Clarke, J Rowena B., 165. 
Cont'd. Ruth 155. 

Thomas, 315. 
Timothy, 20. 

Thurston, 281 

Clapp, Abner, 122.* 
Betsey, 122, 
Henry H. 123. 
Harriet, 122. 
John Milton. 123. 
Julin, 122 
Matthew,, 123. 
Mercy, 122, 123. 
Orris, 89. 122,* 123. 
Phebe, 122,* 
Roger, 123. 

Thomas Jefferson, 122. 
Tirzah, 122. 
Clevland, President Grover, 276. 
Claghorn. Jabez, 78. 
Clouse. Mary Burton, 281. 
Clute, Debora. 290. 
Cobb, Chloe, 86. 122. 
Henry, 297. 
James. 6, 7. 16. 
Nicholas, 86. 
Coke, Isabell, 320. 
Cole, Henry, 296. 

John, 5. 
Collins, Elcy, 95, 130, 131. 

Eliphalet. 95. 
Colman, Benjamin, 18. 
John. 20.* 
Pamelia. 198. 
CoMPTON, David L.. 178.* 
Edward C. 178. 
Louis D.. 178. 
Mary Eliza, 178 
CoNANT, Caleb H., 290. 

Charles, 50. 
Cone, Capt. 98.* 

Cook, Ansel Granville," 167, 240, 
241. 
Candace. 129. 
Ellen Richardson,' 241. 
Enoch, 167. 

Harriet Huntington.'24l. 
Jane Catharine, 167. 
Katharine Carey.' 241. 
Capt. William, 167.* 168.* 

240. 
William Howland, 167. 
Coolidge, John. 328. 
Cornell. Benjamin, 117, 164. 
Lorana. 117 
Mary Ann, 164, 237. 



Cornell, Sabra, 117. 
Cont'd. Sabra Sherman, 164. 
CoRBiN, Phebe, 255. 
CoreYi Charles, 253, 

Fanny Cornelia,' 260. 

George D.,' 253. 

George W.,'° 260. 

Harlan Wier,' 260. 

Josie Blish,' 260 . 

Marcena, 253. 

William, 260. 

William Dallas, 260, 261. 

William M.," 253. 
Cooper, John, 297. 
Corning, Grace, 58, 62. 
Harriet. 172. 
Cosner, Catharine, 207. 
CoTELL, Dennis, 80. 
CoTTA, John, Sr., ig. 
CoTTiNGHAM, William H., 226. 
Cowan, Eunice. 135 1 

Marietta, 220, 221, 276, 

277, 331. 
Craft, Esther, 02. 
Crane, Sally, 265. 
Cranmer, Archbishop, 202. 
Crawford, Emma. 285. 
Creech, Elizabeth. 55, 

Richard. 54, 89. 
Crocker, Abigail, 30 

Alice, 43, III. 

Alvan, Jr.. 80, in. 

Arthur Blish,' 83,* m. 

Benoni, 50. 

Betsy, 79. 

Cornelius, 43. 

Damaris, in. 

Daniel, 42, 46, III. 

David, 30, 41, 42.* 

Ebenezer, 54, 113, 114. 

Edward Winslow, 83, 
III. 

George.' 83,* III. 

Hamlen, 82. 

Joanna, 79, 80. 

John, 42, 73. 74- 

John, Jr., SO. 

Jonathan, 33, 43, 55, 84, 

Joseph, 40, 43, 79. 80, 

84. 
Josiah. 40. 85. 
Mary, 40. 83,* 
Mercv. 40, 42,* 71, 78- 

8'i, III. 
Naler. 88. 
Nathaniel, 29. 
Phebe,' 78,* 80.* III.* 
Rebecca,' 78,* 80, in.* 



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Crocker, Sarah, yi, iii,* 112. 
Cont'd. Seth, 28, 72. 

Sophia.' 80, III. 
Capt. Samuel, 73.* 
Thomas, 21. 29, 31, 53, 

71- 

Watson, 83,* III. 

William, 40, 43, iii. 

Winslow, 78,* 80, 83,* 
III.' 
Crosby, Esther, 127. 
Crow, Andrew, 134. 
Crowell, Isaac, 54. 

Sarah. 116, 163.* 
CuDWORTH, James, 324. 325, ^i?- 
Major, 8, 298,* 300. 
CuMBEY, Robert, 19. 
CuNNiNGH.^M, Elizabeth, 247. 
Ella, 231. 
Michael, 247. 
Samuel, 231. 
CusHiNG, Thomas, 20. 
CzOPiCK. Paulina, 268. 
Dabyn, Robert, 307. 
Darby, I Alice, 8. 
Derby, J John, 8. 
Daniels, J. S., 269. 
Dart, Ebenezer.102. 
Jesse, 103. 
Timothy, 103. 
David, Harriet, 179. 
Davis, 1 Daniel, 41,* 42,* 73. 

\ David, 37, 170. 
Davice. J Dolar, 2, 5, 10.* 

Elisa, 20. 

James, 50. 

John, 2, 13, 114. 

Joseph, 72, 77, 194, 314. 

Judge, 76, 170. 

Nicholas, 207, 315.* 

Robert, 43. 
Dawson, Robert. P., 123. 
Day, David, 176. 
Lois, 157. 
Martha" R., 176. 
DeGraw, Sidney Russell, 158. 
Delance, Alvan R.,' 136. 

David.' 136. 

David Blish, 136. 

Dean,' 136. 

Delevan. 136,* 137,* 182 

Garrett.' 136. 

Hephzibah, 136. 

Jane.' 137. 

Lucy.' 136. 

Maronette, 136. 

Mary,' 136, 137. 



Delance, Phebe,' 136. 
Cont'd. Sarah .'Xnn, 136. 

Thankful,' 136. 
Deming, Henry, 63. 
Dekalb, Augustus, 250. 

Ida Louise, 250. 
Denison, Esther, 63. 
Dennis, Sarah, 137. 
Devine, Jane, 247. 

Peter, 246. 
Dickersoni Nathan. 69. 
Dickey, Harriet, 172. 

James, 172. 
Dickinson, Eliza Shields, 193. 

Mary 257. 
DiLLE, Luther, 90. 
Diller, Herbert, 204. 

Mary, 172. 
DiMMiCK. 1 Mehitable, 28, 71. 
DiMOCK, \ Elder Thomas, 308, 
DiMoc, J 3og, 311, 325- 

Shubal, 28. 
Dixon, James, 66. 
DoAK, 1 Nathaniel, 132. 

\ Clarissa, 132, 178, 180* 
DoKE, J 181. 
Dodge, Amy Elizabeth, 280. 
Doe, Annie, 117. 
Done, John, 315. 316. 
Doolittle, Birdie, 180. 

James, 180. 

Nellie Rosamond, 180. 

Newton, 180.* 
DorranCE, Abbie Ann,' 173. 

Appleton, 173,* 174. 

Gershom, 173. 

Sarah. 173. 
Douglas, Nancy, 175. 

Stephen A., 201. 
Downs, William. 26. 
Drake. Chloe. 141. 
DuRANT, Elizabeth, 100.* 

Nancy, 100, loi, 134,* 

135- 
Thomas, 100. 
Eaton, Daniel, 285. 
Irene, 234. 
Mabel. 285. 
Samuel. 323.* 
Eddy, Gabriella, 93. 
Mary, 93. 
Nelson P., 93. 
Sarah J., 93. 
William, 116. 
Eden, Alice. 112. 
Edwards, John, 22.* 23. 24, 26. 
Eggleston, Ransom, 135. 



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INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Egglesfield, John, 320. 
Eliot. Andrew, 28. 
Ellis, Mary, 99. 
Ely, Charlotte Minerva, 268. 
Embley, Augustus Newell, 269. 
Emerson, Adaline Eliza,' 263. 
Charlotte Belle,' 364. 
Dora Bay,' 264. 
Harriet Elizabeth,' 263. 
Joseph,' 264. 
Mary,' 264. 
Ralph, 201,* 263, 265. 
Ralph, Jr.,' 264. 
Wait Talcott,' 264. 
Enor, John, 51. 
EsHTON, Richard, 320. 
EvERiNGHAM, Belle, 257. 

Lyman, 257. 
Ewer, John, 28, 46. 
Shubal, 16. 
Thomas, 28, 30. 
Ewing, Eliza P., 191. 
Farnsworth, Sarah, 119,* 164-166. 
Farrington, Florella, 153,* 225, 
226. 
March, 153. 
Fechheimer, Charles M., 283, 384. 
Fenle .Richard, 319. 
Ferguson, Charity, 92. 
Ferris, Harriet Evaline, 140. 

Luther, 140. 
Fiddick, John, 272. 
Field, Col. John, 329. 
FiLLOw, John, 153. 
F'lLLETT, William, 39. 
FiNDLEY, John, 69. 
Fish, Rebecca P., 160 236. 
Fisher, .Mien, 283. 

Allen Joseph, 2S3. 
Carrie Louise, 283. 
Frank A., 283,* 284 
William, ^20. 
Fitch, Benjamin, 20. 

Hazel C.,'° 261. 
Samuel F., 261. 
FiTSRANDAi-L, Nathaniel. 317. 
Fletcher, Amelia Austin, 130. 

Leonard, 130. 
FoLE, Rhoda, 173. 
Foote, 1 Asa, 64. 

}• Francis E., 2PI.* 
hVioT, J Israel. 61. 
Forbes, Alexander Duncan, 265. 
Elizabeth.'" 265. 
Grace. 265. 
Wait," 265. 
William Ariel, '° 263. 
Ford. Widow, go. 



Foster, Louise, 267. 
Nathan, 74. 
Samuel, 235. 
Thomas, 18, 39. 
Fox, George F., 135. 
Fredenburg, Ephram Frederick, 
269. 
Katharyn, 269. 
Freeman, Betsey, 175. 
Charles, 175. 

Col. , 84. 

Edinond, 159. 
Major John, 301, 302. 
Joshua, 159. 
Mehitable, 159,* 233, 

234- 
Sarah, 175, 242. 

French, Emily A., 153. 

Harrison, 107. 

James B. 153, 

Judith, 307. 

Lucina K., 133. 

Lucinda B., 153. 

Dr. Samuel, 47. 

William Harrison, 153,* 
Frisbie, Charlotte, 135. 
Fuller, Alice, 93.* 127-129. 

Anne, 37, 55, 58, 62, 68, 
70, 294. 295,* 299, 300*. 
305. 306,* 327.* 

Asa, 62 

Barnabas. 305. 

Benjamin, 305. 

Bethia, 299. 

Content, 306. 

Cornelius, 306. 

David, 306. 

Capt. David, 103.* 

Desire, 305. 

Edward. 294.* 29s, 29Q, 

300. Z2j. 

Elizabeth, 295, 299, 300, 

301, 303.* 

Esther, 61. 
Frances, 295, 299. 
Hannah, 295, 300, 301, 

303.* 327. 
Jabez, 209. 
James, 88. 
Jean, 306. 

John. 295, 299-303,* 305. 
Jonathan, 306. 
Joseph, 305. 
Lieut, 41. 
Mary, 295, 299,* 300, 301, 

303.* 



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FuLLERj Matthew, 37, 294-301.* 
Cont'd. 302, 304, 306, 327. 
Matthias, 299. 
Nathan, 73. 
Patience. 37. 
Samuel, 294, 295,* 297*- 

305.* 325, 327. 
Sarah, 300,* 301, 303,' 

305. 
Temperance, 30, 46, 47. 
Thomas, 299, 300. 
Timothy, 299. 
Young, 306. 

FULLERTON. Rcv. N., 163. 

Gage, Hannah. 204, 271. 

EHjah, 204. 
Gaines, Louise, 174. 

Nellie, 174. 

William, 174. 
Gansevoort, Col. 169. 
Gardner, Sarah, 63, 64,* 95. 

William, 63. 
Garfield. James A., 172. 
Garrett, Andrew, 71, 79,* 83. 

Andrew, jr., 83. 

Retsev, 79. 

Olive,' 78, 79,* 83. 
Gay, Alice, 215. 

Erastus. 215. 
Gerson. Jacob, 18. 
Gilbert, Cynthia, 186. 

Julia Ann^ 186, 187,* 252- 

2S4- 

Sir Walter, 197. 

William B., 186, 187.* 
Gillespie, Henry E., 193. 
Gillett,. "I Mary, 68, 
Gillette, J Polly, 96. 
Glazier, Harrison S., 123. 
Gleason. Carrie Louise,' 270. 

Frederick William,' 270. 

George Hiram, 270. 

Dr. Hiram, 270. 

Hiram Francis.' 270. 

Leslie Hayles,'" 270. 

Marjorie Jane Stewart," 
270. 

Mary, 270. 

Nellie Helen," 270. 
Glosener, Josephine Rebecc.i, 288. 
Goddard. Eben P.. 239. 

Ella F., 239. 

Julia Ann, 238. 
Godfrey, Elijah. 252. 

Mary E., 252.* 
GooCH, James, 20. 
Goodale, Chaimcey, 196. 



Goodenough, Lyman, 2ig. 

Mary A., 219, 275. 
Goodrich, Electa, 136. 

Elizur, 147.* 
GoODSPEED, Benjamin, 75. 

Ebenezer, Jr., 40, 48. 
Isaac, 34. 
Mary, 84.* 
Goodwin, Lucia Ann, 162.* 
GooLD, 1 Amelia 277. 

't Burr, 107. 
Gould, J James, 26. 
Jay, 245. 
Scllick, 107. 
Gorge, Sir Ferdinando, 310. 
GORHAM, Benjamin, 83. 

Capt. Benjamin, 310. 
David, 43. 
John, 313. 
Sturgis, Esq., 83. 
Capt. Sturgis, 78. 
Com. Sturgis, 76. 
GoSLEE, Deacon, 106. 

Fannie Cornelia, 195- 

259, 260.* 
John, 195. 
Graff, Philip. 242. 

Wilhelmine, 242, 284 
Graham, Catharine Olive, iSi. 

Jonathan Bowes, 181. 
Grant, Eleanor, 220. 
Gray, George L., 183. 
Green, Isaiah, 113, 
Greenleaf, Stephen, 24,* 26 
Grether, Katharyn Frci iherg, 

269. 
Griffin, John, 152. 
Haines, Amelia Porter, 21 
Daniel, Jr., 213. 
Hale, Aaron Hezekiah,' i' 

Asaph Coleman, igf ■;9.* 

Edith, 198. 

Frederick Walter,' i '. 

Hezekiah, 198. 

Joanna, 143, 194-198. 

Leonard, 144, 

Timothy, 143. 

Haling, Alfred, 229. 

Arthur Rucklam' <. 

Henry Bartlett. 220, 
Milton Wilfred,' 2- 

Hall, Daniel, 41. 

Dr. Joseph. 105. 

Joseph, see Hull. 
Hallett, Jonathan, 41, 50 
Joseph, 48, 75." 



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348 



INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Hallott, Josias, 315, 316.* 
Hammond, Ann, 324. 
Hamlin, 1 Abigail, 46. 

\. Alice, 46. 
Hamblen, J Ebenezer, 54. 
Jonathan, 28. 
Mercy, 46. 
Capt. Micah, 49,* 

81,* 84. 
Sarah, 30, 46. 
Seth. 28, 42, 46.* 
Southworth, 71. 
Handley, Charles Daniel, 287.* 
Charles Max,'" 287. 
Daniel, 287. 
_ Lillian Blish," 287. 
Hakdy, Lucinda, 253. 
Harkness, Caroline M., 290. 
Harper, Archibald Lawrence, 270. 
Celle S., 182. 
Experience, 318.* 
Paul Blish," 276. 
Susan, 182. 
William H., 182. 
Harrington, Editha. 58, 62. 

Francis A., 153. 
Hart, Ida Adeline.', 150. 

Richard William,' 150. 
Roxina, 163. 
William Ellery, 150. 
Harvey, T. W., 245. 
Hathaway, Fred B., 135. 

Gideon, 28. 
Havens, Lena, 261. 

Rev. William H., 261. 
Hawtes, Edmond, 50. 

John, 299. 
Hawley, Rev. Gideon, 54. 
Hayles, Charles, 270. 

Emelie Stewart, 270. 
Hayward, Ellen Louisa, 241. 
Haywood, Elmira. 131. 
Hazelton, Abagail. 119. 
Healey. Hosea, 142. 
Heather. Eliza Scudder, 271. 
Heckley, Jackson. 131. 
Hecock, Capt. David, 329. 
Hedding, Rev. Elijah, 102,* 138, 
139- 
Bishop, 102, 104. 139- 
Hedge, Capt. William, 317. 
Hellyer, Lawrence," 240. 
Marjorie.' 240. 
Morris." 240. 
Thomas Waterman, 240 
Henry, John, 63. 

The VHL 3i9- 



Henshaw, Benjamin Franklin, 131 
Marietta Haywood,, 
131. 
Herman, Jacob, 160. 
HERS|iEY, Arthur Van," 268. 

Hannah, 203. 

Harriett Adeline,' 203, 
26S. 

Harry Bartell." 268. 

Henry Osgood, 203. 

Horatio B., 203. 

Ida Maria,' 203. 

Mary Emma,' 203. 

Prudence Hubbard, 268 

Ralph Emerson," 268. 

Samuel. 202. 203. 268.* 

Thomas Arthur,' 203, 
268.* 

Thomas Talcott," 268. 
Herrick, Laura, 193. 
HiCKOK, Dea. Austin, 185. 

Elizabeth, 244,* 285.* 

William, 244. 

Hills, Betsey. 127. 

Chester, 194. 
Hannah, 91, 125, 126. 
Eleanor Maria, 194, 195, 

258. 
Jared. 144. 

Hill, Mary, 157. 
HiNCHLlFF, Dorothy,'" 264. 
Emerson,'" 263. 
Harriet Elizabeth," 

263. 
Jeanette Belle,'" 263. 
Ralph.'" 263. 
William.'" 263. 
William Elias, 263. 
Hinckley, 1 Abigail, Sr.. 45. 

}•• Ebenezer. 49, 88. 
HiNKLEY, J Edmund, 72, 74. 
Elisha, 44. 
Gustavus A,. 161. 
Isaac. 33, 41, 43. 45. 

46. 
John. 88. 
Joseph Jr.. 45. 
Martha, n. 35- 
Mary, S, 12.* 
Nathaniel. ZZ. 
Caot. Samuel, 73, 

76.* 297. 311.* 
Thomas, s,* 8. 12,* 
296, 30s. 315. 
317. 
William, 83. 



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349 



Hitchcock, Elizabeth. 66. 
Hodge, Adeline Elbertine,' 198. 
— Charles Hawley." 198 

Ellen Elizabeth,' 198. 

Emma Adcla,' 198. 

Elijah, 198,* 262.* 

Elizur, 198. 

Jennie Elsie.' 198. 

Martha .\nn.'' 198, 262.* 

Sarah Jsabell.' 198. 

Timothy Hale," 198, 262.* 

HOLDREDGEi Capt., IO3. 

Jehicl. 102. 
HoLLEY, Joseph, 317.* 
HoLLiSTER, Abigail, 104. 

Albert William, 232. 
Edna Maria, 232. 
Eliza, 203, 204, 269-271. 
Emily L., 211. 
Evaline A.. 290. 
Dea. Nehimiah, 203. 
Roger, 107. 
Shelton, 211. 
Holms, Appleton, 105. 
HoLWAY, Hannah, 79. 
Joseph. 79.* 
Mary, 79. 
Rose, 79. 
Hopkins, Benjamin, 90. 
HORTON, Abba Clark, 167. 
James Clark, 167.* 
James W., 167. 
Hosford, Daniel, 108. 

Demis, 108, IS4-IS7. 
Mary, 108. 
Col. Obediah, 69. 
Houghton, Rebecca, 184. . . 
House, Monroe C. 199. 

Samnel, 302. 
HowEf Elisha. 157. 

Fannie Maria, 157, 231.* 
Hephzibah. 96. 
Judge John H.. 274. 
HowLAND, Isaac, 31. 
__ Jabez, 32, 76, 77, 88, 114. 

150. 

John, 28, 297. 
Job. so. 
Nathaniel, 50. 
Zacheus, 50. 
HoxlE, Alice. HI. 
HoYESON, Robert. 320. 
HoYT, Abigail, no. 

Ann Cutts.' 119. 
Betsey." 120. 
Emily Blish.' 119. 
Harriet Hezelton, I19. 
Jabez, 119. 



HoY'T, John, 120. 

Cont'd. John Quincy Adams, 119. 

Samuel, 119,* 120. 
Hubbard, ] Abigail, 104. 

[ David E., 106.* 143, 
Hubbart, J . 144. 

Elizabeth, 26.* 
Elizur, 104, 105. 
James, 26. 
John, 26.* 
Joseph, 26. 
Prudence, 104, 143, 

145, 146, 150. 
Sarah, 26. 
Susanna, 26.* 
Tuthill, 26. 
Zechariah, 26.* 
HuCKENS, John, 10. 

Thomas, 10. 
Hull, Agnes, 15. 307, 308. 
Blanch, 313. 317. 318.* 
Dorothy, 307, 308. 
Elizabeth, 307, 308.* 
Grissei; 307, 308. 
Hannah. 15, 28, 35, 37, 38. 

306, 317, 318.* 
Joanna (Joane), 307, 308,* 

310. 
Capt. John, 317, 318. 
Joseph, 307, 308, 317,* 318.* 
Rev. Joseph, 307-312,* 325. 

326.* 
Mary, 317, 318. 
Naomi, 308. 
Ruth, 308. 
Sarah, 317, 318. 
Temperance, 307, 308. 
Tristram, 15. 37, 307-303,* 
3>2, 3I3-3I7-* 
HuMDER.STONE, .Alfred J., 226. 
Humbert, Edward C, 258. 
Ellen, 258. 
John, 258. 
William Carr, 258. 
Humes, Ezra, 116. 
Hunt, Charles Clinton," 262, 263. 
Chauncey Tyler. 262, 263. 
Daisey Viola,' 263. 
Edith Eola,' 263. 
Electa." 259. 
Eva Belle,' 263. 
George, 107. 
I.ona May,' 262. 
Olin Elijah." 262. 263. 
Raymond Earle," 26.?. 
William, 262. 
Hurd. Capt., 103. 
Zadoc, 102.* 



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INDEX OE PERSONS. 



HuRLBERTr Cyrena, 290. 
Jerusha, 134. 
HuTCHlNS, Catharine, 214. 
Marcius, 214. 
Hutchinson, Thomas, 20. 
Hyde, Orson, 170. 
Ingersoll, Calvin, 124. 

Elizabeth, 233. 
Vashti, 124, 172, 173. 
Ingham, Samuel, 67. 

Solomon, g8. 
ISHAM, Dan,' 95. 

David," 95. 
Edward,' 95. 
Harry,' 95. 
Joseph," 62, 63, 95. 
Lois." 95. 
Mary," 95. 
Sally," 95. 
Irwin, Adeline Sophia, 188, 189, 

254- 

Hannah, 188. 

Hon. Robert, 188. 
Jacobs ,Rev. Henry, 323. 
Jagger, Caroline Hart, 163, 236, 

237- 
Nathan, 163. 
Roxana. 163. 
Sylvanus, n6. 
Jenkins, Asa. 81, 82. 

Ebenezer, 33. 
Capt. Ebenezer, 73, 84. 
John, 297. 
Joseph. 50. 
Mehitable, 30. 
Nathaniel, 47, 81, 82. 
Prince, 114. 
Jervis, Thomas, 320. 
Johnson, Arthur Berryman, 286. 
Betsey S., 238. 
Callie Theodora, 288. 
Lucy. 135. 
Lucy Rank, 228. 
Robert, 320. 
Jones, Ann. 328.* 

Beulah Blish,' i8s, 250. 
Carleton Blish," 230. 
Caroline Fazette, 280. 
Daniel Blish,' 185, 247. 
Elihu. 66. 
Elijah Brown," 185, 249.* 

.331. 
Fannie Caroline, 265, 267. 
Fitch Northam," 230. 
George, 127. 

Gilman Mack.' 185, 251.* 
Isaac. 328. 
Jedediah, 299, 304.* 



Jones, Jennie Louise,' 250. 
Cont'd. John, 66. 

Josiah, 3jS. " 

Justine Beulah," 249, 331. 

Laurence Oilman,' 251. 

Lieut. 328. 

Lewis, 328.* 

Lydia, 32S.* 

Lydia Beulah Independ" 

ente,' 250. 
Lydia Minerva," 185, 248, 

249. 
Margaret Electa,' 185. 

247. 
Mary Emogene,' 185, 246. 
Martha E.," 185. 
Milo, 265. 

Nathan, 185, 32S, 329. 
Nathan, Jr., 329.* 
Nathan Henry,' 185, 250.* 
Pierpont Edwards, 185. 
186. 246-250,* 331. 
251, 329.* 
Ralph, 205, 299.'' 
' Ralph Thomas, 251. 

Samuel. 15. 73. 
Sarah Ann, 287. 
Shubael, 209, 328 
Thomas, 287. 
Tiuiuthy, 75. 
Widow, 73. 
William Clinton,' 230. 
William I'i.iiothy, 230. 
William Wallace, 230.* 
JORDON, Amanda B., 245. 
Jose, Isabella, 120, 167. 
JoSLYN, Louisa A., 2/0. 

Peter Hubbird, 279. 
JuDD, Daniel, 61. 
Keats, Richard, ig. 
Keen, William, 19. 
Keenan, Mary lane, 292. 
Keeney, Arnold. :99. 
Fanny, 195. 
Gera Goodell, 227. 
Herman Lorin, 227. 
Ida Augusta, 199. 
Lorin Augustus, 227. 
Stephen, 199. 
Keith, Belle." 264. 

Darwin Mills, 264. 
Kelly, Katharine, 92. 
Kendall, Elizabeth, 96. 
Kennedy, Mary, 96. 
Kent, Lyman, 90. 
Kerr, Eliza, 251. 
Kester, Elizabeth, 194. 
John J., 194. 



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351 



Keytch, Fannie, 176. 
KiLBOURN, Capt. 103. 
David, 6s. 
Deacon, 102. 
Ebenezer, 102. 
KiLCUP, Dudson, 24.* 
KiLLEY, Richard, y.3. 
King, Abigail A., 224. 

Edmund George, 225.* 
Harriet Merriam," 225. 
Howard Blish,' 225. 
J. Henry, 226. 
John, 224, 225.* 
Nancy. 235. 

William Edniond,' 225. 
Kingsbury, Emily L., 211. 

Simon, 328. 
Kinney, Lydia Ann, 181. 
KiRBY, Henrietta. iSo. 
Klyver, Henry P., 136. 
iVIarina, 136. 
Neilson, 136. 
Kneland, Joseph. 56, 57. 
Knepper, Levi. 258. 
Knight, Hannah. 121. 
Knox. Hon. James. 209.* 
Lambert, .-Xbbie Mav.'° 281 

Francis Henry," 281. 
George Walker," 281. 
Henry, 281. 
Luther," 281 
Samuel Clouse, 281.* 
Lane, Edwin Curtis, 291. 
Ella Celia, 291. 
Julia Ann, 291. 
Samuel, 291. 
Samuel Oliver, 291. 
Theodore, 291. 
Theodore M.. 291. 
Latham. Ora Angeline, 2S4. 
Lathrop, 1 Angeline, 243. 
\ Barnabas. 12. 
Laythorpe, J Edward Potter. 
264. 
James J., 115. 
Joseph, 15. 
Mr. 12. 15. 
(See Lothrop.) 
Lawrence, Francis, 236. 

Grace Helen," 236. 
Katharine Francis," 

2-?6, 28.1. 
William F.. 236, 284. 
Leavitt, William C., 277. 
Lee. Harriet. 189. 
Leonard, Joseph, 98. 
Josiah. go. 
Leverett, Capt. John, 297. 



Lewis, Abigail, 237. 
Edna, 276. 
George, 74. 
Capt. Jesse, 43. 
Isaac, 73. 

John, 3, 49, us, 237. 
John Wesley, 237. 
Mary Ann, 244. 
Owen Bliss," 237. 
Richard, 76, 115. 
Richard Elmer," 237. 
Stacy, 120. 
Thomas, 28. 
Walter Franklin," 237. 
Lincoln, Abraham (President), 
109, 170, 201, 202, 
281. 
Edgar A., 93. 
LiNNELL, Abigail, 87. 
James, 87. 
John, 87.* 
Rebecca, 87,* 88.* 
Litteney, Simeon, 163. 
LilTLE, Amasa," 87. 

Barzillai, 66, 96, 67.* 
Barzillai," g6. 
Betsey," 96. 
Charles Henry," 96. 
Judah, 96. 
Lillian Clara, 254. 
* Nancy," 96. 
Nial," 96. 
Russell," 96. 
Sarah." 96. 
Warren," 96. 
LoYD, Harriet. 179. 
Major, 179. 
Mary, 179. 
Lofton, Mary. 269. 
LooMis, Ann, 62, 64. 

Capt. Joel, 97. 
Joseph. 129. 
Lois, 62. 
Ruth. 55- 
Lord, Celecta J.' 156. 
David M., 156. 
George Tiilcott, 156.* 
John,' ISO. 

Lucius.' 156. ■ '^ 

Mary, 109. 
Prudence. 156. 
Roger Blish,' 156. 
Capt. Theodore. 109. 
LoTHROP, 1 Abigail, 322. 
LoTHROPP, I Andrew, 320. 
LowTHROPE, }• Anne. 320-322. 
Laythorpe, | Nwdrey, 320. 
Laythrope, J Barbara, 322. \ 



352 



INDEX OF PERSONS. 



LoTHROP, 1 Barnabas. .504, ,3-?2. 

LoTHROpp, I Bartholomew, 321* 
LowTHROPE, \ Bathshua, 322. 
Laythrqpe, I Benjamin, 322, 326. 
Laythorpe, J Catharine, 320. 
Cont'd. Ebenezer, 50. 

Elizabeth, 320. 
. Ellen, 31Q.* 320.* 
Isabell, 320, 321. 
Jane, 304, 321,* 

322, 32- 
John, 304, 321,* 

322, 32-. 
Rev. John, 7, 300, 
308*— 310,* 312,* 
321*— 327.* 
Joseph, '15, 317, 

321,* 322. 
Capt. Joseph, 301, 

303, 304. 
Lieut. Joseph, 299. 
Lawrence, 319.* 

320,-'' 321.* 
Lucy, 321."* 
Margaret, 319,* 

320,* 321. 
Mark, 321.* 
Martin, 320. 
Mary, 32. " 322. 
Richard, 321."' 
Robert, 3'9,f ;20, 

121. 
Samuel, 322. 
Seth, 50. 

Thomas, 3I9*-32I 
322,* 325, 326. 
Walter de, 319. 
William, 321. 
LovELAND. Malachi, 67. 
LoVELL, Cornelius, 50. 
Jonathan, 48. 
Mary, 47, 51. 
LovETT, Eliza, 194. 
Lucas, James, 6. 

William, 47. 
Luce, Katharine, 167. 
LuMBARD, 1 Bro. Sr., 308. 
Lumbart, [• Jedediah, S. 
LuMBERT, J Parker, 88. 
Thomas, 7. 
Thomas, Sr., 86. 
Mackelwain. Timothy, 66. 
Mack, Capt. David, 67.* 
Elisha, 66, 99. 
John, 102. 
Mary, 99, 137. 
Sally, 96. 



Mack, Sarah, 99.* 
Cont'd. Warren, 66. 

William, 102. 
Maclay, Elizabeth Morse, 286. 

John, 286. 
Macombek,, George, 225. 

Sarah. 225, 279. 
Madison, Clara Allen, 180. 
Joseph, 180. 
Oliver Francis, 180. 
Prest. 120. 
Thomas, 180. 
Maio, see Mayo. 
Manny, John H., 201. 
Mapes, David, 151. 

Mary, 151, 220, 221. 
Marsh, Benjamm Franklin,' 193. 
Flora Atwood,' 194. 
Frank, 192. 

George Franklin,' 193." 
John Mason," 193. 
Julia Emma, 194. 
Otis, 193. 
Marshall, Jessica Beatrice, 216. 
Peter, 216. 
Robert. 299.* 
Col. Thomas. 81.* 
Marston, Benjamin. 71, 78, 80.* 
Charles, 83. 
Hon. Charles,' 112. 
Elizabeth, 78, 80, ill, 

112. 
Esquire, 42, 73, 74, 75.* 
Eunice, 78, 80. 
John, 112. 
Mary,' So, 112. 
Nymphas, 43, 47, 80, 

113. 
Hon. Nymphas,' ill. 
Phebe.' 112. 
Prentice,' 112. 
Prince, 1 11. 
Sarah, iii. 

Winslow, 80,* 83, III,, 
112.* 
Marvin, Hephzibah. 136. 
Mason, Hewe. 320. 
Gawin, 320. 
Matthews, Rev. Marmaduke, 

312.* 
Mather, Cotton. 310. 
Mayhew, Nathaniel, 205, 269. 
Mayo, Rev. John, 309, 326. 

Capt. Samuel, 297. 313- 
Mayor, Maria J.. 177. 242. 
McCall, "Dolly," 126, I7S*-I77- 
Elisha, 126. 



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35S 



McCoNNELL, Emeline, 145. 
McCoRMicK, Cyrus H., 201. 
McCuDUY, Susan, 125. 
McEwEN, Robert, 189. 
McGiLLiAVRAE, Prudence, 223. 
McGrew, Rebecca Ann, 160, 235. 
McKay, Nellie Morton, 251. 

Thomas, 251. 
McKeel, John, 127. 

Mary Ann, 92, 127. 
Nancy, 127. 
McLAUGHLiNf Amos, 142. 
McLaury, Carrie Adelia,' 223. 

Charles Blish." 223. 278' 
Daniel B., 223,* 278. 
Edith Blish,' 2-8. 
Lorana Ann,' 223. 
Mary Isabella,' 223. 
Thomas B., 223. 
McManus, Mary Eliza, 272, 273* 
286. 
Redmond, 272, 273. 
McLean, Calvin, 93. 
Frank, 93. 
Frederick, 93. 
Minnie, 93. 
McPherson. Nancy, 125. 
Meacham, Philip, 95- 
Mears. James. 19. 
Medbury, Charlotte, 117. 
Mellen, Rev. John. 86. 
Mercer, David Dixon. 284. 

David Dixon, Jr.," 284. 
Capt. D. (R. M.), 284. 
Lawrence,'" 284. 
Margaret Lawrence," 
284. 
Merchant, James, 88. 
Merriam, Asahel, 152. 

Nancy Cornelia, 152, 

222*- 225.* 
Phebe, 152. 
Merwin, Nancy L.. 224. 
Millard. Jennie P.. 123. 
Miller, Alice Layette, 228. 

Clara Blanchard, 228. 
Capt. David, 69. 
Edna Maude. 228. 
Edward Gardner. 228. 
Harrison Plum, 228. 
James, 179. 
Mary, 179. 
Mills. Trowbridge, 92. 
MiNOT, Stephen. 19, 20. 
Mize, E. A., 222. 
Moore, Abner, 125. 

Arthur,' i6g. 



Moore, Benjamin Blish, 125. 
Cont'd. Clifton Haswell, 125, 
i68*-i7i.* 
Cornelia, 125. 
Ella Laura,' 171- 
Henry Clay, 125, 171- 
Isaac, go, 125, 168, 171. 
John, 169. 
Kleber," 169. 
Milan, 125. 
Minerva, 125. 
Orinda. 125. 
Philena, 168, 171. 
William." 169. 
Winifred.' 169, 331. 
More, Christopher, 319. 

Richard, 1.* 
Morse, ■ 1 

Moss,. J Mary. 27. 
Morton, John. 297. 

Nathaniel, 2. 
Morrill, Alice .Vgnes. 287. 

Daniel Webster, 275. 
Martha Florence, 27S, 
287.* 288. 
Morris, Annie, 166, 240.* 
Nelson, 270. 
Samuel Wells, 280. 
William Cullen, 280,* 331. 
Morrison, Eliza, 243. 
John, 243. 
Kate Dwyer, 243. 

Moulton, Mary, 112. 
Myers, Myra. 161. 
Nash, John M.. 238. 

Rev. Jonathan, 67. 

Mary Ellen. 238. 
Naves, Simon, 320. 
Needham. Lieut. Gov., 171. 

William Hontz, 171. 

Neland, Edward, 38. 
Nelson. William 297. 
Newcomb, Elizabeth Trautman, 

182. 
Newell, Abram Bliss." 237. 

Arthur Daniel," 184. 

Beulah Blish, 183, 243, 

244. 
Charles .\twood.' 238. 
Daniel Bcckwith, 183. 

243. 244- 
Edward Francis. 237. 
Electa Alniira,' 184. 
Francis, 237. 
Frankie," 238. 
Henry Edward," 237. 



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INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Newell, Isaac Denison,' 183. 
Cont'd. Luther Boardman,' 183. 

Martha Rebecca,' 183, 
243- 

Mary Louisa,' 238. 

Mary Rosalie," 184. 

Rufus, 183. 
Newton, F. Elida, 157. 

Mary, 99. 
Nichols, Seth, 137. 
NicHARSONi 1 Nicholas, 8. 
NiCKERSON, J William, 312,317 

NiEVERGELDEK, Louis, 210. 

Marie Therese, 210 
NiLES, Joseph C, 270. 
North, Hon. Levi, 270. 

Lucy. 135. 
NoRTHAM, Mary Elizabeth, 230. 
Norton, Dr. Ariel, 200. 

Arthur Willard,' 227. 
Charles Eugene,' 226, 

227. 
Elizabeth Anna, 200, 

202, 263, 265, 267. 
Fred Herbert,' 226, 227" 
Gilbert Burns, 226. 227 
Henry Marshall.' 227* 
Otis Glibert," 226. 
William Henry, 226. 
Nye, Ebenezer, go. 
Hannah, in. 
Lemuel, Jr., 81.* 82.* 
Oakes, Bethuel Sutherland,' 158. 
Eana Louise.' 158. 
George Washington, 158. 
Webster Carter, 158. 

O'Connor, Rr.th Constance.' 204. 

Thomas M.. 204. 
Olcott, Capt. Ezekiel, 98,* 329. 

Solomon, i-'.4. 
Oliver, Daniel, 20.* 

Dr.. 16S. 
Onstine, Betsey, 125. 
ORCHARn. Sri rah. 7. 
Orr, Katie, 282. 
Mattie, 282. 
William. 282. 
OsEORN, 1 Olive. 219. 
Osborne. J Phebe. 152. 
Ostrum. Elizabeth. 26?. 
Otis, Bris, 74.* 75- "6.* 
Charles. 05.* 
Charles G., 95 
Col., 42. 43.* 49. 72,* 74- 
Hannah, o?.* 
James, 33. 55. 
Joseph, 47, 50. 



Otis, Joseph, Esq., 43,* 72. 
Cont'd. Nathaniel, 21. 
Painter, Capt. Gamaliel, 58. 
Palfrey, John, Jr., 83. 
Palmer, Lydia, 250. 
Pardee, Helen D., 172. 
Parker, Binney, 50. 

David, 32, 113, 114.* 
Esqn, 15. 
Freeman, 50. 
Samuel, 41, 52, 54. 
Stacy, 117. 
Parkhuest, Elizabeth, 171, 125. 
Laura, 171. 
Stephen, 171. 
Parks, Elmira, in. 
Patchen, Flora M., 278. 
Henian C, 278. 
Sallie H., 278. 
Passiful (Percival?), James, 48. 
Patenson, John. 320. 
Robert 320. 
Paton, Robert, 18. 
Pay'BODY. Wi'.Ham, 2.* 
Payne, William, 20. 
Peakes. Capt. Janes, 121. 
Pearl, Joshua, 66. 
Peck, Elias, 197, 

Mary A., 197, 261. 
Pegge, Edward, 19. 
Peirse, Abraliam, 297. 
Perkins, Artemesia, 123, 124, 172. 
Grant, 90. 123. 
Jacob, 318. 
Lester, 90.' 
Orange S., 176.* 
Percival, Benjamin, 1x5 
Perry, Caleb, 35, 51. 

Commodore. 117. 
Rebecca, 306. 
Zachary, 35. 
Phelps, Aaron, 91. 

Emeline, 157. 
Hannah Eliza, 92, 127. 
Mary. 157. 
Oliver, 91, 157. 
Phillips, Cyrena, 273. 
Emma, 231. 
Mattie. 125. 
Phinney, Edward, 115. ' 

Eli, 73. 
John, SI. 
Pettibone, Minerva, 145. 
Philo C, 267. 
Philo Foster.267."'' 
Petts, Mary, 164. ' 

Piatt, Julia Ann, 291. ■, 



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355 



Pickering, John, 320. 
PiGOTT, Phebe, 171. 
PiLLSBURY, Rev. Ithamar, 147,* 
Pitcher, Constable, 75. 
PocKNET, Mahala B., 122. 
PoMEROY, 1 Frank W., 136." 

\ Joseph, 22, 2j. 
PoMROY, J Noah, 65. 
Polly, 62. 
Silvester, 136. 
Pond, Lucy, 90. 
Porter, David Perrin, 260. 

Emma Alexander, 271. 
Florella Francenia, 260. 
Isaac Newton, 271. 
Post, Harriet Marilda, 227. 
Pound, Mar>-. 331. 
PowNiNG, Daniel, 20. 
Pratt, Rev. Enoch, 114,* 160. 
John, ID. 
P. P., 170. 
Phineas, 120. 
Samuel, 10.* 
Prence, Thomas, 326. 
Prentice, Mary W., 135, 182. 

Rufus, 135. 
Prince, Betsey, 289.* 
Proctor, Richard, 19. 
Prout, Joseph, 20. 
Proutv, Ediltha, 172. 
James, 172. 
Mary, 172. 
PuRMORT, Adoniram H., 245. 
Eugene H.,° 245. 
Henry C, 245.* 
Sarah Walworth, 183. 
Purple, A. E., 94. 
Putnam, Gen. Israel, 329. 
John, 329. 
Priscilla, 329. 
Deacon Tarrent, 329. 
Randall, Lucy, 123. 

William, 142. 
Ransom, Julia, 193. 
Rau, Mary D., 260. 
Raub, .\lma Streit, 213. 

James M., 213. 
Ray, Charles A., 93. 
Re.\d, 1 , Ann Elizabeth, 273. 
Reed, f John, 24.* 
Reid, J Rev. Louis H., 307. 
Maria L., 307. 
Mehitable, 155. 
William, 250. 
Reddington. Charles H., 202. 
Redley, Marke, 317. 
Reese, Hannah, 188. 
Rexford, * 218. 



Rhodes, Albert, 273. 

Amy Mason, 273, 274. 
Rice, Paulina, 282. 
William, 142. 
Rich, Bertha Emilie,' 222. 

Caroline Merriamj' 222. 
James, 222. 
James Blish,' 222.* 
Robert Stirling, 222.* 
Stephen Wyatt,' 222. 
Richards, Fidelia Mary, 285. 
Richardson, Anna Huntington, 
241. 
Charles, 241. 
Helen H.,' 183. 
Lucy Dclance,' 182, 

183. 
Mary Jane,' 183. 
Stoughton D., 182. 
Richmond, Elizabeth, 168. 
Riley, Elizabeth, 177. 
Phebe, 177. 
Rufus, 177. 
RoBBiNS, Mary Elizabeth, 260. 
ROBBERTS, Capt. 98. 
Robinson, Emma J., 228, 

Frederick Sylvanus, 167. 
Isaac, 325. 
Isake, 297. 
Dr. John W., 167.* 
ROTHBOTHM, Alice, 287. 
Root, Howell. 108. 

Prudence H.. 109. 
Rhoda. 96. 
Rose, Catharine. 224. 

Salome, 224, 225. 
Ross, Joseph. 67.* 
RossiTER, Sarah, 173. 
Rowley, Moses. 295, 299. 
Sarah, 299. 

RuDD, Capt. 6g. 
Runnels, Emma R., 239. 
Russell, Capt. John, 47. 

John, so. 

Rev. Jonathan, 52. 

Ryan, Jane Catharine. 167. 
Sammons, Cynthia. 186, 187. 
Sampson, Jna, 100. 

Ina B., 100. 

Josiah, Esp., 1 13, 114. 

Sanborn, , 85. 

Sanford, L. L., 251. 

Major Reuben. 251. 

Sargent, Margaret, 39. 
Sabvan, T. J., 219. 
Savage, Abijah, 20. 

Habijah. 20 



356 



INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Sawyer, Almon, 173.* 

Edward Steele,' 173. 

Joseph, 173- 

Mary Lucinda,' 173. 

Rhoda. 173. 

Willard Almon,' 173. 

Zenas Blish," 173. 
ScHMiTT, Ernestine, 210. 
Schubert, Anna, 290. 
Scott, Gen. Winfield, 124, 125. 
ScoviLL, Amherst D., 128. 
SCUDDER, Esqr., IT 3. 

Sears, Sally, iii. 

Winlhrop. 80. 
Sebring, Sarah Maria. 216. 
Sedgwicke. Major Robert 297. 
See. Mahala. 226. 
Seldon, Eunice, 174. 
Selover, Margaret S., 278. 
Sennett, F!i-a Ann, 135, 181. 
Sergant, Margaret, 30. 
Sewall, Sanniel. 20, 39. 
Seward, Secy. W. H., 168. 
Shadlock, Catharine, 320. 
Shaffer, John, 228. 

Mary, 228. 
Sharpe. Richard. 24. 
Shaw, Chief Tiistice, 112. 

John. 18, 21.* 

Martha, 39.* 

Rev. Oakes. 42, 47, III, 112, 

Temperance. 112, 154, 100, 
162. 
Shepard, Eunice Louisa, 237. 
Sherman, Dwight, 134. 

George. 134. 
Shields, Meedy White. 191. 

Sarah, igi- 
Shxller, Michael. 19. 
Shipman. Lizzie. 193. 
Shirtleff, Eliiah. 144. 
Shuman. Sarah Elizabeth, 229. 
Sidebotham. Sarah, 225. 
SiLLiMAN, Ebenezer, 221. 

T. B.. 222. 

Lucinda, 221. 
Simmons, Caleb, 142. 
Simpson. Alison, 320. 
\Skinner, Abraham, 69. 

Daniel. 66.* 70. 

Dea. David, 109. 

Elizabeth, 66, 96. 97. 
90, 100. 

Joseph, 70. 

Lois, 70. 

Mary, 70. 

Nathaniel. 68. 



Skinner, Newton, 144. 
Cont'd. Phebe, 89, 122-125. 
Rachel, 70. 
Rhoda, 146, 150. 
Samuel, 70. 
Uriah. 70. 

Zeruiah, 68, lOI, 104, 
107. 108. 
Slate, Esther Maria, 155. 229,'- 
230. 
Lathrop, 155. 
Smith, Acsah. 97. 

Benjamin, 50. 
Corinth, 133. 
Cynthia, 133. 
Daniel, 2. 
David, 50. 
Ebenezer,48. 
Elizabeth Rose. 224. 
George B." 223, 278^ 
' Harriet, 134, 181. 
Harrison F.. 134. 
Henry, 133. 
Henry T.,* 223. 
Ira B.," 278. 
Jane, 175, 241. 
John, 66. 73, I7S- 
Joseph. 50, 170. 
Laura Jane, 291. 
Lawrence, 133. 
Mabel B.." 278. 
Maria, 133. 
Mary A., 193, 258. 
Mary E..' 223. 
Matthew. 133- 
Myrtle B..° 278. 
Nancy, 175. 
Nancy M,' 223. 
Orrin. 99, 133.* 
Rachel. 62. 
Sarah. 133. 
Thomas, 42. 
Thomas D.,° 278. 
Thomas H., 223, 224, 278. 
William, 73, 143, 223. 
Snow> Rev. .'Karon. 157, 198, 223. 
Alethea.' 117. 
Betsey.' 117. 
Calvin,' 117. 
Cynthia,' 117. 
Dan,' 117. 
Effie,' 117. 
Hannah,' 117. 
James.' 117. 
Mary,' II7- 
Patience." 117. 
Pauline.' 118. 
Samuel,' 117. 



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35; 



SowERSBY, John, 320. 
Henry, 320. 
William, 320. 
Sparrow, John, 64. 
Spencer, Asa, 171. 

Joseph, Esqr., 57. 
John Pigott, 171. 
Phebc, 171. 
Susannah, 96. 
Spring, Rev. Gardner, 147. 
Stacy, Marj-, 84. 
Stafford, James, 165. 
Jennie, 253. 
Mary, 165, 238,* 239. 
Standish, Josiah, 2. 

Miles, 2, 296,* 297, 300. 
327. 
Stanton, Edwin M., 201. 
Stark, Lucy, 224. 
Starr, Thomas, 315. 

Dr. Thomas, 312. 
Steele, Carrie Alcfha,' 226. 

Emma Lucinda,' 172. 
Florella,' 226. 
George, 172, 173. 
GenrEre Clark,' 172. 
Helen Lydia,' 172. 
Horace, 172.* 
Horace Blish.' 172. 
Lillian Augusta,' 226. 
Louise, 174. 
Lydia,' 172, 173. 
Mabel,' 226. 
Mehitable, 172. 
Robert, 226. 
William Robert, 226. 
Stephenson, Laura, 171. 
Stevens, Catharine, 134. n 

Lawrence M., 134, 
Truman, 134. 
Stewart, Sarah, 47. 
Stickney, Annie E.,° 183. 
David, 121.* 
Edward H., 183. 
Helen Richardson, 183. 
Lucy Helen," 183. 
Sarah Ann, 121. 
William, 121. 
Stoddard, John, 128. 
Stone, Ann, 328. 

Harriet, 135. 
John, 328.* 
Sarah, 328. 
Simon, 328.* 
Stoothoff, John. 117. 
Stouchton, Dr. John. 324. 
Straight, Leonard, 130. 



Street, George, 271. 

Jean Mary, 271. 
Streit, Elizabeth, 213. 
Strickland, Harriet J., 259. 
Jonathan, 69. 
Strong, Elmon, 109, 144. 
William, 189. 
William Sumner, 1S9. 
Sturges, "I Anna, 221. 

\ John, 3. 
Sturcis, J Mercy, 87. 
Su.mner, Capt. Shubill, 329. 
Sutherland, Adeline Laraway ' 
158. 
Bethuel, 107, 158.* 
Flora Adelia,' 158. 
Harriet Augusta,' 

158. 
Smith S., 158. 
SuTPHEN, Albert Warren 282,* 
283. 
Albert Warren, Jr.." 

282. 
Alice Maud, 282. 
Charles Higginboth- 

am, 282. 
Frankie.'" 282. 
Lillian May,'" 282. 
Mary Elizabeth,'" 282. 
Nellie Evaline," 282. 
Robert William,'" 282 
Swan, Harriet. 128. 
SWEETLAND, Elizabeth, 95.* 
John, 9S. 
Sarah, 95. 
SwiNBURN, John, 320. 
SwiNINCTON Widow, 63. 
Taft, Letitia, 292. 
Talcott, Adaline,' 145. 

Adaline Elizabeth,' 200, 

263-265. 
Amelia," 265. 
Dorothy, 106, 145, 146.* 
Elizabeth," 266. 
Fanny," 266. 
Francis Eliza,' 200. 
Frederic," 265. 
Harriet Newell,' 143, 

146. 
Harriet Norton,' 200. 
Mary Carter,' 200, 267.* 
Mosley Dwight,' 145. 
Prudence, 156. 
Prudent Hubbard,' 
145' 146, 202, 268.* 
Samuel,' 145. 



358 



INDEX OF PERSONS. 



Talcott, Samuel Norton,' 200. 
Cont'd. Sarah, loi, 104. 

Sheldon Norton,' 200. 
Sylvester,' 145. 
Thomas BHsh,' 145.* 
Hon. Wait,' i45''-202. 

263, 26s,* 267-331. 
Wait, Jr.," 265. 
Walter Henry,' 145, 146 
Capt. William, 145,* 

200. 
Dea. Williarn. 145," 199. 
William Ariel," 200, 201, 

265, 266. 
William Ariel. Jr.,' 263. 
William Hubbard,' 145. 
T.\RBOx, Lucy Woodruff, 213. 

Myron H., 157. 
Taylor, Brig. Gen'l. 69. 
Eliza A., 135. 
Francis W., 134. 
Jasper, 299. 
Lewis, 98. 
Sevila, oy. 98. 
Worcester, 135. 
Tenney, Rev. Caleb. 147. 
Terrell, Cornelia Amanda. 220. 
Elias Green, 220. 
Peninah, 220. 
Terry, Naomi, 189. 
Thacher, John, 12. 

Joseph, 41. 

Oxenbridge, 22*-24t 26. 
Thresher, Francis, 20.* 
Thomas, Edgar J., 157. 
Irwin, 1157. 
Lemuel, 113. 
Mary, 35. 

Capt. Nathaniel, 297. 
Thompson, .^dalyn," 263. 

Annie Augusta.' 240. 
Elbridge Blish,' 257. 
Elbridge Gerry, 257.* 
Hon. George Lee, 240 
George Lee, Jr.,' 240. 
James, 257. 
John Whalen, 240. 
Marguerite Dickin- 
son,' 257. 
Mary Elizabeth, 257. 
Norman Frederick, 

263. 
Norman '-reJ-r'-k. 

Jr.," 263. 
Ralph rmer.';on," 

."63. 



Thompson, Shirley ri';rpoi',t,° 
Cont'd. 247. 

William, 247. 
William Ca-^per, 247j* 

251- 
William LaRhett, 247 
William M., .70. 
Thornton, Elizabeth, 320. 
Tichenor. Gov. Isaac, 329. 
Tifft, Abraham, 258. 
Annie, 258. 
Hannah, 258. 
TiLLEY, Hugh, 312. 
TiNKHAM, Rev. John, 140.* 
TisDALE Betsey, 175. 
ToBEY, Alice, 267. 

Mercy, 51, 86, 87. 
ToMLlNSON, Daniel, 251.* 

Edward Daniel Blish 

251. 
Ralph Waldo, 251. 
William Gilman, 251. 
Tompkins. Mary, 310-31 1. 
ToMSON, John, 316. 
Townsend, .Mpha, 92. 
Joseph, 19. 

.96. 

Treadway. Nathaniel, 328, 
Lydia, 328. 
Sarah, 95. 
Treat, Samuel H., 170. 
Trembly, Hester. 239. 
Tribeau, Jonas G., 142. 
Trigg, Margaret, 284, 
Tripp, Sabra Sherman, 164. 
Tucker, Dr. McKendrick, 120. 
TuppER, Samuel. 42. 
Turner, William, 10. 
TuTHiLL, Mary 19. 
TuTTLE, Prudence, 292. 

Susannah, 18, 19. 
Tyler, Vienna, 197. 
Upsall, 1 

Vpisall, J Nicholas, 313,* 314.* 
Usher, Rev. ScoUy G., 89. 
Vail, Alexander, 216. 
Edith," 216. 
Edward Martin, 216. 
Richard Hart," 216. 
Sidney Percy,' 216. 
Walter Cheney,' 216. 
Valentine, Elizabeth, 251. 
Van Denser, Amanda, 291). 
Van Nostrand, Anna Gr ice, 276, 

-';7- 
P.--r -■;''.. 
Van Orman, Charlotte, 184. 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 



359 



Van Pelt, Abraham Dean, 278. 

Addic B., 278. 
Van Schaick, Col. Goose. i6g. 
Vansyckle, Janelt, 256. 
Van Tassell, .■\mos H., 268.* 
Asel Eton, 268. 
Vaughn, George, 9 
Wade, Charles,' 141. 
Chloe, 141. 
Daniel, 141.'* 
Daniel, Jr.,' 141. 
David. 141.* 
Demis, 141. 
Elmira Adams,' 141. 
Harriet Newell,' 141. 
Laura,' 141. 
Louisa.' 141. 
Orrin,' 141. 
Waddajis, Caleb. 6g. 

Ichabod, 69. 
John, 69. 
Waldorf. .Mberta. 254. 
Jacob, 254. 
Mary. 141. 
Wales, Merab Ann, 141, 190, igi,* 
103.* 194, 257,* 258. 
Stephen. 141. 
Walker, Mary L.. 260.* 
Nathaniel, 260. 
William, 316. 
Wallen, Benjamin, 176. 
Fannie. 176. 
Julia. 176. 
Wallin. Elizabeth. 276. 
Warner, Clifton Moore, 169. 
Harriet, 130. 
Vespasian, 169,* 331. 
Washburn, Emily. 122. 
Frank. 122. 
George, 121. 
Japhct, 121, 122. 
Julia. 122. 
Sarah, 121. 
Washington. Gen. George, 69, 169 
Watrous, John, 59. 
Watson, Peter H.. 201. 

Sally, 96. 
Way. Esther. 58, 91. 92, 93. 
Webb, Col. S. B.. 58. 
Webster, Abby. 93. 

George W., 93, 127, 

128.* 
Jonathan, loi. 
Roxana (Roxie). 107. 
151-153.* 158. 
Wedge, Elizabeth Almira, 275. 
Weidman, Esther, 217. 

Jacob, 213, 217.* 



Weir, ^ Caroline, 260. 

y Jcrenuah Champion,263 
WiKR, J Maria Ellen, 262. 
Welles, ] Caroline, 280. 

} Cliarles Jay, 130. 
Wells, J George Henry, 131. 
Gideon, 109. 
Hannah, 328, 329. 
Jane, 177. 
Col. J., ga 
Oliver, 177. 
Thaddeus, 109, 144.* 
Theresa M., 130. 
Samuel, 280. 
William Angel, 131. 
West, Delanev. 236. 
Sallie. 283. 
Capt. William. 121. 
Westlake, Mary, 145. 
Wheeler, David, 116. 

William Morton, 264. 
Wheelock, Ezekial, Cleveland, 280 
Lauretta Hayden, 280 
Wheldon, Eliza, 11 1. 
Jabez, 61. 
Whitbeck, George. 253. 

Sarah, 253. 
White, Carl M..' 238. 
Charles.' 235. 
Dr. David McConechv. 

235- 
David," 235. 
Emma,° 238. 
Emma L.," 238. 
Hale M..' 238. 
Heber." 233. 
Henry W., 238. 
Johii McGrew.' 235. 
Lucy Blish.' 238. 
Sarah Adeliade,' 235. 
Peregrine, o,* 10. 
William, 238. 
Wirt." 235. 
Whipple, Alexander. 134. 
Whiting, Capt. Benjamin, 78. 

Jane Ellen. 178. 
Whitman, Dr. Jonas, 76,* 114. 
Whitney, Daniel. 139. 
Jonathan, 328 
Lydia, 328. 

Samuel. 102.* 139,* 140 
Rev. Samuel, Jr., 139. 
140. 
Whittemore. Sophia A., 261. 
Whvtinge. Marmaduke, 319. 
Wickham, Calvin, 03. 

Calvin Brooks, 93. 
Clarissa, 93. 



36o 



INDEX OF PERSONS. 



WiCKHAM, Ellen, 93. 
Cont'd. H.. 94. 

Mary, 93. 
Nancy, 94. 
Sarah Jane, 93. 
WiER, see Weir. 
Wilcox, Beulah, 137, 138. 
Eleazur, 137. 
Lucy, loi, 104,* 136 *■ 

141.* 
Mary Mack, 137. 
Obadiah, loi, 104.. 
Wilder, Charles L., 231.* 

Edward Charles. 231. 
Fred. Stevens, 231. 
William Kendall, 231. 
Wilkes, Marian Dean, 158. 
WiLLARD, J., 26. 

Sophia E., 145. 
Rev. Samuel G., 229. 
WiLLET, Nancy, 252. 
Williams, Abraham Fuller,' 128, 
178. 
Anna Cornelia.' 178. 
Daniel, 178. 
Daniel Blish,' 128. 
Daniel, Jr.. 128.* 
Elizabeth, 316. 
Hannah, 8, 18, 300. 
Harriet N., 145. 
Henry Clay,' 128. 
John, 7, 8.* 9,* 300,* 

316'* 317-* 
Capt. John F., 88. 
Joseph, 300. 
Mary, 300. 
Nelson, 142. 
Ralph Earle,' 176. 
Sarah, 300. 
William Tyler,' 128. 
Willis, 1 Col. 08. 
Willys, }■ George, 69. 
Wyllys, J John, i,* 2.* 
Wilson, Robert, 320. 
WiLTSE, Eva Janett, 256. 
Howard, 256. 
Nettie. 189. 
WiNSLOW, Abigail A., 118. 
Elizabeth ,118. 
Eunice Ellen, 118. 
George Washington, 

118. 
Harrison Gray Otis, 
n8. 



WiNSLOW, Henry Petre. 118. 
Cont'd. Kenelm. 118. 

Phebe, in. 

Sarah, iii, 118. 

Stephen, 118.* 

William, 118. 
WlNTiiROP, Gov., 310.* 3! I, 312, 

324- 
John, 20. 
Wait, 20. 
WOLCOTT, Col., 98. 
Wolfe, Adele, 247. 
Casper, 248. 
James, 248. 
Wood, Elijah, 255. 

Hannah, 236. 
John, 307. 
Sarah, 205. 

Dr. Warren Corbin, 1S9, 
2S5-* 
Woods, Noah. 120. 
W^oodbridge, Timothy, 67. 
WoRDEN, Nathaniel. 200. 

Phebe, 290, 291.* 

WORTHINGTON, Gad. 64. 

Wright, Charles C, 145. 

Demis, 94. 

Dudley, 64. 
Wyman, William, 128. 
Wykam, Audrie, 174. 

Jane, 321. 
Thomas, 321. 
WilliamX 321. 
Wyrick, John. 161. 
Yates, Helen Orr, 282. 

Herbert Wilson, 282. 

Capt. John W., 282.* 
yoUNG, Abbie Laura, 174. 

Anson. 174. 

Chipman, 174,* 240. 

Elam. 234. 

Eunice, I74- 

Frederick, 174, 242.* 

George. 305. 

Hannah Maria, 174.* 

Irene. 234. 

Laura Estella, 242. 

Mary Eliza, 174. 

Patience. 37, 305, 306. 

Roderic, 174. 

William Chimpan. 174,- 



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361 



INDEX— BLISH and BLUSH. 

An asterisk denotes that the name occurs more than once on the 
page. I 



Aaron, 68, 107,* 151. i53.* is8, 21^ 

219.* 275- 
Aaron Hosford, 108, 155,* 226-228, 
Aaron Hubbard. 105, 109,* 143,* 

194, 198.* 261. 
Abigail, 28, 51, 62,* 63* 94. 
Abbie Ann, 125, 173,* IZ.4. 
Abby, 116. 
Abraham, 1-16.* i8*-24, 26-28. 30- 

34, 27, 39,* 46, 47. 58. 61,* 93,* 

117,* 127-129, 163, 164, 237, 

313. 330. 
Abra Washburn, 121. 
Acsah. 47. 
Adaline, 109. 
Adaline Amelia, 130. 
Adaline Theresa, 143, 144.* iqS- 

199. 
Adeline, 134- 

Adeline Pamelia, 105, 150, 211-216. 
Adelaide Eliza, 203. 
Albert. 289. 291. 
Albert David, 260. 
Albert Elijah. 193, 258.* 
Albert Stiles, 126, 176, 177.* 
Alden, 119. 
Alexander, 290. 
Aired A., 239. 
Alfred Day. 290. 
Alice, II, 14, 84, 93, 128. 178. 
Alice Alden. 160. 
Alice C, 219, 276. 
Alice Franc, 246. 
Alice Selina, 129. 
Alice Maria, 155, 
Alice Sisson, 233, 281. 
Almira, 107. 
Almira S., 133- 

Alonzo Howard, 131. 217-219.* 
Alvira Angel. 290. 
Amasa. 66, 100,* 134,* 135. 
Aniasa, Jr.. 134. 
Amelia. 108, 109. 
Amy, 293. 
Andrew. 292. 
Angus, 180. 
Angus Theophilus. 179. 
Anne, ^ 7. I5, 16, 37. 38, 55, s6, 
Anna, |- 68. loi, 102, 108, 136, 
Annah, J 182, 290. 



Anna Augusta, 153, 226. 

Anna Eliza, 160. 

Anna E., 290. 

Annah Jessie Brown, 160. 

Anna Josephine. 176. 

Annie Morris, 166, 240. 

Anna Sophia, 220. 

Anthony, 292. 

Ariadne. 162. 

Aristarchus. 107, 152,* 222- 225. 

Artemesia, 172. 

Arthur, 119. i3S, i6s,* 239. 

Arthur Roy, 243. 

Asa, 58.* 61, 86, 9i*-93. 289, 330. 

Asa Hills, 126, 174.* 

Asa Rhodes, 273. 

Asa S., 122. 

Augustus. 108, 109, 154.* 230. 

Azubah, 330. 

Belle Gage. 204. 

Benjamin, 13-17,* 30. 32. 34. 37. 
38.* 40, 44, 47, SS, 56, 66, 80, 
8i,* 80.* 90,* 93, "5. 122, 125, 
172, 106. 

Benjamin G.. 94.* 

Benoni. 206. 

Bertha Belle, 273. 

Betsey, 66. 85. 119.* 289. 

Beulah. 137. 138. 183, 186, 246-251.. 

331. 
Beulah Bay, 246. 
Byron F., 290. 331. 
Byron Samuel, 120, 166,* 240.* 
Caddie M., 292. 
Calvin, 80. 

Calvin Wickham. 129. 
Caroline Agry, 120. 166. 240. 
Caroline Delia. 152, 222. 
Caroline Eldred, 233, 281. 
Caroline Melissa. 290, 291. 
Carrie, 261. 
Carrie Adelia. 220. 
Carrie Elizabeth. 207, 273. 
Carrie Jane, 259. 
Carrie May. 289. 
Catharine. 02. 
Chauncev. 68, 108, 109. i?5, '56, 

229,* 230. 
Charles, 112. i6o.* 235.* 
Charles Addison, 220, 276,* 277. 



362 



INDEX— BUSH and BLUSH. 



Charles Albert, 132. 

Charles Bonar, 275,'' 287,* 288. 

Charles Cheney, 146, 206-208, 210, 

272, 275. 
Charles Denisoa, 95, 130, 131. 
Charles Frederick, 130,* 188. 
Charles F., 292. 
Charles G., 2go. 
Charles Henry, 93, 129,* 197. 
Charles HolHster, 269. 
Charles Hudson, 260. 
Charles Jerome, 181, 243. 
Charles jvlarion, 160. 
Charles Munger, 254. 
Charles Sylvester, 203, 269.* 
Charles Van Nostrand, 276. 
Charles W., 292. 
Charlotte, 134.* 
Charlotte Amelia, 155. 
Chloe, 71. 
Christian, 292. 
Claudia B., 179. 
Clara Beryl, 269. 
Clara Hazel, 258. 
Clara Mary, 179. 
Clarence E., 281. 
Clarissa, 90.* 
Clark D., 292. 
Cordelia, 289. 
Cornelia, 128. 
Cornelius, 290. 
Cythera, 289. 
Dan, 2g2. 
Daniel. 56, 58,* 62, 85, 93, 97, loi, 

io8*-iio,* 119, 137,* 138, 140, 

164, 186, 187, 244, 24s, 252- 

254. 289,* 290. 
Col. Daniel, 137, 138, 183-185, 329. 
Daniel, Jr., 184,* 185. 
Daniel Pelts. 164. 
Daniel William, 244, 285.* 
David, 54, 59, 61, 68*70,* lOI*- 

103,* 107. 108, 127, 140, 158, 

184. 187-189. 2.14, 253, 254, 28s,* 

292, 306. 
Deac. David, loi.* 102,* 104, 136- 

14X.* 
David Crowell, 235. 
David D\vight.i43, 195,* 196, 259, 

260.* 
David, Esq., 104, 
David Parshall, 151, 221,* 222. 
Demis. ] 

Dimmis, J loi. 108-110, 141. 
Demis Jane, 155, 226. 
Desire, 47. 

Dolly. 126, 175. 176.* 
Don Alonzo, 220. 



Dorothy, 105, 145, 199, 202. 

Dwight Frank, 175, 176, 242,* 284. 

Dwight Morrill, 275, 288.* 

Dwight Walker, 260. 

Earl, 289. 

Ebenezer, 34, 40, 44, 45, 82*- 84, 
113, 161. 

Ediltha, 172.* 

Editha, 58, 61. 

Edmund, 93, 127, 128. 

Edna Irian, 241. 

Edward, 292.* 

Edward A., 177, 239. 

Edward Durant, 136, 182. 

Edward Taylor Chauncey, 132, 133 
179.* 

Edwin Allan, 231. -^ 

Edwin James, I20. 

Edwin M., 216, 275. 

Edwin Wales, 141, 194.* 

Electa, 289. 

Elijah, 30-35, 46. 

Elijah Hedding, 114, 258, 331. 

Ehsha. 30. 47,* 87,* 89, 91, I2$j 
126. 173-17S- 

Elisha Clark, 126. 

Eliza Adaline, 135. 

Eliza Goold, 95. 

Eliza Weld, 113.* 

Eliza Wells, 161. 

Elizabeth, 35, 36 ,54.* 66, 67, 71, 
93, 96, 235, 273, 289. 

Elizabeth Bell, 41. 

Elizabeth Marie, 210. 

Elizabeth Wallin, 276. 

Ella, 206. 

Ella Annette. 155, 227.* 

Ellen, 233, 282. 

Ellen A., 134. 

Ellen Douglas, 141, 190, 191. 

Ellen Maria, 290. 

Elsie B., 239. 

Emily, 107, 140, 186, 190, 253, 255, 

256. 
Emily Florella, 152. 
Emily Tinkham, 142. 
Emily -Ingraham, 121. 
Emma, 135, 276. 
Emma May, 254 
Emma Merab, 191, 257. 
Emma Weld, 160. 
Ernest, 285. 

Ernest Luverne, 175, 241. 
Estella, 290. 
Esther, 58, 59, 61,* 62. 
Esther Ann, 129. j 

Esther Alma, 277. .1 

Esther Jane, 155, 230. " ' 



BLISH GENEALOGY. 



363 



Esther Louisa, 271. 

Ethel M., 239. 

Ethel May, 182. 

Eugene Sylvester,2l0. 

Eunice, 62, 71. 

Eunice Adelaide, 155. 

Eunice Lovell, 116. 163, 237. 

Eunice Rebecca, 164, 2yj. 

Evaline Celia, 222 223, 278. 

Ezra, 58, 59, 61,* 62, 91,* 92,* 125, 

126, 330.* 
Fannie F., 219. 
Fanny, 253. 

Fanny Cornelia, 195,* 196. 
Flora Ella, 179. 
Florella, 153. 
Florence, 180.^ 
Florence Ethel, 288. 
Flarence Gertrude, 286. 
Florence Marie, 210. 
Frances. 107. 
Frances Emma. 197. 
Frances Graham, 181. 
Francis Bry. 233. 
Francis E., 290. 
Francis Hartman, 160 . 
Francis Marion, 220. 
Francis Stacy, 120. 
Francis Tilton. 121. 
Frank, 187, 254. 
Frank Cheney, 203. 
Frank Daniel. 184, 185, 245, 246. 
Frank H., 175.* 
Frank Hosord. 158, 231. 
Frank May. 226. 278, 279.* 
Frederick, 62, 96. 
Frederick Thomas, 158, 231, 232. 
Frederick William, 113. 162. 
George. 112, 123. 159, 160, l6l,* 

162, 165. 172,* 206. 218, 234- 

236, 238. 239, 293. 
George A., 293. 
George Calvin, 235. 
George Cheney, 146, 206, 210,* 211 
Georgetta Champney, 280. 
George E., 126. 
George Edwin, 194. 
George Henry, 131, 132. 
George Herbert. 271. 
George James, 179. 
George Joseph. 210. 
George Af., 126. 
George W'.ishington. 290.* 
George William. 233. 280.* 
Gertrude Caroline, 130. 
Grace. 58. 61. 
Gregorv Emerson, 165. 



' Hannah, 16-18, 28, 29, 35,* 36, 38, 
40, 44, 45, 79,* 82, 8s, 86, 113, 
118,* 119, 161, 289. 

Hannah Agnes. 160.* 

Hannah Collins, 95. 

Hannah Elizabeth, 204. 

Hannah F'rances, 120, 167.* 

Hannah Maria. 125, 174,* 242. 

Harriet, 93, 108, 15. 

Harriet Ann Hoit, 121, 167, 240. 

Harriet Cynthia, 132. 

Harriet Eliza, 108, 156, 157, 231. 

Harriet Elizabeth, 129. 

Harriet Emeline, 120.- 

Harriet Estella, 176, 242. 

Harriet M., 127. 128. 

Harriet Prudence. 155, 228. 

Huiriet S., 135. 

liaJriet E.. 132. 

Harry Benjarflin Harrison, 258. 

Harry D.. 253. 

Harry Grafif. 242. 

Harry H., 291. 

Harvey, 98. 290.* 291. 

Harvey Frederick, 290. 

Hattie, 206. 

Helen Eliza. 155, 229. 

Helen Elizabeth, 285. 

Helen Grace. 276. 

Helen Heather, 271. 

Helen Louise, 203, 270.* 

Helen Inez, 241. 

Helen Mary, 220. 

Helen May. 279. 

Helen Verna, 254. 

Henrietta, 159, 233, 292. 

Henrietta Mehitable, 234. 

Henry. 289.* 

Henry A.. 261. 

Henry Francis, 126, 175,* 176, 342; 

Henry Greene, 220. 

Henry Herbert. 272, 286.* 

Henry Luke, 271. 

Henry M.. 107. 

Henr>- Marshall. 151, 219, 220.* 

Henry Moore, 153. 

Henry Sylvester, 205, 272,* 286. 

Herbert Franklin, 254. 

Herbert Harger, 286. 

Hester C. 239. 

Hiram, 137. 

Hiram Ellsworth. 194, 220. 

Hiram Hale. 143, 144. 197,* 199^ 
261. 

Hiram Hubbard, 197. 261.* 

Hope. 91,* loi, 139, 140. 

Horace H., 291, 



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INDEX— BLISH and BLUSH. 



Horace L., 291. 

Howard, 218. 

Ida Caroline, 134. 

Ida Myrtle, 253- 

Ina M., 239. 

Irene, 12S. 

Isaac -Newton, 293. 

Isaiah Crowell, 116.* 

Iva M., 253. 

James, 85, 92, 120,* 127, 166, 167. 

James Knox, 207, 272-274, 286. 

James Louis, 273, 286,* 287. 

James M., 123. 

James W., 293. 

Jane, 92, 119. 

Jean Elizabeth, 271. 

Jennie M., 290. 

Jeremiah, 56,* 330. 

Jerome Pitkin, 134, l8l,* 243. 

Joel, 289. 

John. IS, 18. 30, 35-37. 30.* 44. 48- 
50, 54. 62*-64,* 84.* 8s. 92. 95. 
loi, 102, 119,* 140, 142,* 164- 
166, 190, 191,* 193,* 194. 238, 
239. 293. 306. 

John Arthur, 166, 239, 240. 

John Bell. 191, 192. 

John Cowan, 221, 277.* 

John Denison. 63, 64,* 95,* 96, 131. 

John Dwight. 195, 260.* 

John Giddings, 203, 271.* 

John Redding, 141, 191, 192, 257.* 

John Henry, 94. 125. 

John Kester, 194. 

John Lester. 126, 176, 177, 242. 

John Lyman, 257. 

John M., 127. 

John Sweetland, 95, 131, 132. 

Joseph. 7. II.* 12, 14-18, 28*-3S, 
37.* 38. 40.* 46. 54, 55. 65-68, 
71-83. 90. 96-100, 111-113. 132, 
159.* 233,* 234. 280, 281, 283,* 
292,* 293, 306, 318. 

Deac. Joseph, 40*-44.* 

Lieut. Joseph. 7i*-78. 112, 330. 

Major Joseph, II2*-II5,* 159-162. 

Joshua Webster, 152, 224,* 225, 

233. 239- 
Tuli.i Ann. 100. 181. 
Julia Etta. 243. 
Jnlia Marie, 210. 
Kate Elizabeth. 275, 287. 
Katharine E., 127. 
Kittie Louise. 207, 331. 
Leila West. 130. 
Lemuel Shaw, 160. 
Lester, 176. 



Lena Elizabeth, 243. 

Lester Henry, 284. 

Leveret Cornelius, 132, 180.* 

Lewis, 126, 176.* 

Lewis I., 153. 

Lewis J., 107. 

Lillian Martha, 184, 245.* 

Lizzie, 131, 293. 

Lizzie Adelia, 239. 

Lizzie Howe, 158. 

Lois, 94,* 95. 

Lolo M., 290. 

Lorana Ann 152, 223, 224, 27B. 

Louise Adelaide, 134, 

Louise Ernestine, 210. 

Louisa, 290. 

Lucinda, 124, 173.* 

Lucy, 66, 135, loi,* 102,* 138, 140, 
165, 1S4. 

Lucy Elmer, 163. 

Lucy Hedding, 141, 191. 

Lucy Shields, 192 257. 

Lydia. 66. 124. 

Margaret Gage, 204. 

Margaret Grimes, 163. 

Maria, 126. 

Maria E., 177. 

Maria Jane. 163, 236. 

Marietta Eloise, 221. 

Marion. 134. 

Marjorie, 286. 

Martha. 18. 21, 31-34, 477, 70.* 

Martha Maria. 134. 

Martha R., 176. 

Martha Sampson, 136. 

Martha Stella, 235. 

Mary, 15. 17. 37. 48, SS'SS, 61, 85, 
93, 108. 109. 117. 128, 141, 151, 
151, 156, 206, 306, 331. 

Mary Adelaide, 164. 

Mary Agnes, 292. 

Mary Anna, 235. 

Mary Augusta, 188. 

Mary Cornelia, 260. 

Mary Dunham. 141, 193. 

Mary Eleanor, 286. 

Mary Eliza. 132, 134, 178. 

Mary Elizabeth, 135. 

Mary Ella, 220. 

Mary Ellen Marston. 160. 

Mary Evaline, 233, 282. 

Mary Jane. 125, 126. iSg,* 255, 290 

Mary L., 109, 156.* 

Mary Louise, 206. 

Alary Ophelia, 243. 

Mary Paulina, 120, 166. 

Mary Pearl, 258. 



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365 



Mary Talcott, 155. 
Mary W., 136. 

Mary Wilcox, 137, 183, 184, 243, 
244. 

Matthew Berryman, 288. 
Matthew Bonar, 207, 275* 287* 

288. 
Matthew Rhodes, 273. 
Maud F., 180. 
Meedy Shields, 191,* 257.* 
Mecdy W. Shields, 257. 
Mehitable. 28. 
Merab Ann, 141. 
Mercy, 40, 43,* 51,* 52,* 71, 86. 
Metta, 131. 
Millicent ,go,* loi. 
Morilla Louise, 152, 224. 
Morris Farrington, 153, 225, 226, 

279. 331. 
Morris Joslin, 279. 
Myra Oakes, 161. 
Myron David, 285. 
Nancy, 90,* 93, 100, loi. 
Nancy Adaline, icw. 
Nancy Cornelia, 152.* 
Nancy Mariah, 194. 
Nell D., 290. 
Nellie Eugenie, 239. 
Nellie H., 291. 
Nettie M., 180. 
Nicholas, 92. 
Nina A., 179. 
Novatus, 107, 151,* 152, 217, 219*- 

221. 
Novatus Bruce, 276. 
Novatus Mapes, 151, 132, 220, 

221, 276, 277. 
Oakes Shaw, 113, 161, 162. 
Olive, 71. 86. 
Olive Oakes, 160. 
Olive S.,219. 
Oliver, 66, 90, 97, 99*-lOI, 132,* 

I33-* 178-181, 290, 330. 
Oliver L.. 293. 
Oliver Lorenzo, 132. 
Owen, 80, 116,* 117, 163.* 
Owen, Jr., 116. 163,* 236, 237. 
Patience. 37. 85, 117.* 306. 
Pauline Ford, 226. 
Phebe, 89. 122. 
Philena, go,* 168, 171. 
Philip Eugene, 296. 
Polly, 62. 
Preston, 235. 

Prudence, 105, 106,* 109, 330. 
Prudence Cornelia, 195, 259. 
Prudence Hubbard, 108, 109,* 146, 

209. 



Prudence Knox. 203. 

Prudence Otis, 95. 

Rachel, 56, 58, 62, 91. 

Rebecca, 1 

Rebeccah, \ 30, 48, 51, 68, 85, 

Rebekah, J 1 18. 

Rebecca A., 161. 

Rebecca Eliza. 195. 

Regina, 293. 

R. L., 293. 

Remember, 29. 

Retura Sidney, 160, 235, 236. 

Reuben, 15, 3S*-37'* 44, 51, 53*- 

55,* 58, 62,* 64. 92, 94, 306.* 
Rexford, 218. 

Rhoda Cheney, 147, 148, 203. 
Robert Irwin, 188, 254, 255. 
Robert Stiles, 91, 126,* 127, I7S,*" 

177, 330. 
Roderic Skinner, 107, 153,* 22J, 

226. 
Roger, 68, 70,* 106, 108,* 109.* 143, 

144, 154-158. 
Roger Dudley, 155, 228.* 
Rosalie C.,ig6. 

Rosamond Elizabeth, 132, 180.* 
Rosa Watress, 269. 
Rose B., 290. 
Roseltha, 289. 
Rosina, 292. 
Ruth, 54. 55- 

Ruth Hubbard, ig6, 261.* 
Sabra Elnora, 164. 
Sally. 107 116. 
Sally Wheeler, 99, 133. 
Samuel. 40, 85,* 119, 121, 165, 166,* 

239- 
Samuel P., 239. 
Sarah. 7, 10, 28, 46,* 48, 68, 71, 77, 

78, 80. 85,* 86, 93, 100, 109, 

117. 121, 175, 176, 23s, 251, 

330. 
Sarah Adelaide, 160. 
Sarah Holmes, 121. 
Sarah Jane, 120, 175. 
Sarah Janette, 143, 144,* 198, 262.* 
Seth. 40, 86. 
Sherman H.. 258. 
Silas. 35. 36,* 51,* 52, 58.* 61, 62, 

83, 86,* 87, 92.* 122. 127, 330.* 
Silvanus, (See Sylvanus.) 
Silvester, (See Sylvester). 
.Simon, 02,* 127.* 
Sophia, go.* 107. 
Stacy, 48, 84,* 85,* I17-121, 163, 

330. 
Susan. 01. 116. 
Susan Dow, 243. 



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INDEX— BLISH and BLUSH. 



Susan May, 276. 

Susan S., 161. 

Susanna, 54,* 55, 62, 89. 

Susannah, 21, 26, 80. 

Sylvanus, 37, 58,* 59,* 61,* 91-93, 

306, 330. 
Sylvester, 104, 207, 210. 
Col. Sylvester, 143, 144, 146-149, 

151, 203*-205, 206, 209. 210. 
Temperance,3i-3S, 47, 115. 
Temperance Shaw, 113, 161, 236,* 

284. 
Thankful. 15, 35-37, 306. 
Thomas, 54,* 55, 68, 89,* i04*lo6,* 

109, 143, 146, 205, 206, 272. 
Deac. Thomas, 104-106.* 
Thomas Hubbard, 205, 206. 
Thomas Swift, 234. 
Timothy, 31, 40, 71, 80, 113, 117, 

162.* 
Timothy Austin, 143,* 144, 194^ 

19s, 258. 
Timothy Hubbard, 195, 258, 259. 
Tipton Shields, 192.* 
Tristram, ] 15-17,* 35. 37.* 38.* 
} 38,* 55. 58. 62, 65, 
Trustram. J 70, 97. 3o6. 
Vashti, 172, .173- 
V. R., 293- 



Volney, 98, 290. 

West Luce, 121. 

William, 40, 85, 98, 121,* 167, 290, 

291. 
William A., 131. 
William Arthur, 175. 
William C, 293. 
William Clark, 100, 135, 140, 181, 

182. 
William David, 188. 
William Durant. 100, loi,* 135,* 

136,* 181, 182. 
William Gilbert, 186, 252.* 
William H., 261, 290. 
William Henry, 146, 203-205, 207, 

269-271.* 
William Henry, Jr., 204, 271,* 

272. 
William Irwin, 254. 
William Leontine Freeman, 234. 
William Lorin, 126, 175,* 241. 
William S., 291. 
William Wales, 142. 
Zenas, 90,* 124,* 172, 173. 
Zepheniah, 47, 108. 
Zeruiah, 68.* 70. loi, 102, 140.* 
Zeruiah Ann, 108, 155. 
Zirian Aldrich, 286. 



INDIANS, 
lyannough, 309. 
"John Hianna," 309.* 
King Philip, 298.* 
Massasoit, 309. 
Paupmunnucks, 309, 315. 
Secunke. 298, 309. 
Yanno, 309, 315.* 



INDIAN TRIBES. 

Cheyennes, 272. 
Chinooks, 272. 
Hoopa, 272. 
Marshpee, ] 122, 309. 
Massapee, J 
Mattakeeset, 309. 
Pockonets, 309. 
Sante Sioux, 272. J^ 

Scorton, 309. Ph 



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